This paper aims to discuss about social values of political-economic activities in the community that lives in a village located in state border and to study the narration of the community toward the existence of the state. This research uses qualitative method, and the data is collected through observation and interview. The research location is in Sungai Limau Village, Sebatik Tengah District, Nunukan Regency, North Kalimantan Province. This paper shows that in Sebatik Island, especially in Sungai Limau Village, there is meaning change on the environment that, there are many banana trees in that village. In the beginning, banana is considered to have low economic value. But then, there is a creative idea from one of the local people, which is initiating a processed banana. After being processed, banana turns out to have higher economic value. They see a marketing opportunity in Tawau City, Sabah, Malaysia, across the state border, and it is hard for them to go through the border. For the local people, state border is no longer considered as ‘sacred area’ and forbidden to enter to. Based on the research, it can be concluded that environment may seem to have limitation in fulfilling people needs, but then, there is actually hidden potential of natural resources that can be processed to meet their needs.