The Bromine of Br is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, parental licensing program, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 28.197 billion Brians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 20.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Brian economy, worth a remarkable 4,828 trillion Golds a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Cheese Exports. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 171,240 Golds, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 534,493 per year while the poor average 42,123, a ratio of 12.7 to 1.

Corporations donate huge sums of money to favored politicians, universities now offer degrees in cycling etiquette, wealthy parents-to-be can select their perfect baby, and police officers that upset their bosses get assigned to 24 hour stakeouts of bike sheds. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Br's national animal is the Elephant, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Br is ranked 5,539^th in the world and 2^nd in Austria for Largest Black Market, with 1,512 trillion Standard Monetary Units.