The Watchfires of BR-2 is a titanic, efficient nation, remarkable for its smutty television, frequent executions, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, devout population of 21.467 billion BR-2ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 70.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving BR-2ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,556 trillion $$s a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Furniture Restoration, and Trout Farming. Average income is 72,505 $$s, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Military doctrine says not to open fire until you see the "beady little eyes" of Johnny Foreigner, the government tries not to listen to the people unless it absolutely has to, orphans would rather live their life of luxury than be adopted by prospective parents, and the fattest folk in BR-2 look to be the happiest ones. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. BR-2's national animal is the Death's-head hawkmoth, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

BR-2 is ranked 16,970^th in the world and 1^st in Baton Rouge for Largest Populations, with 21.5 billion capita.