The Duchy of Braghz is a mammoth, safe nation, ruled by Duke Andragon IX ae Braghz with a fair hand, and renowned for its frequent executions, pith helmet sales, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 5.262 billion Braghzians are known throughout the region for their efficiency and work ethic, as well as their general suspicion of leisure.

The medium-sized, moralistic, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Boreallux. The average income tax rate is 70.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Braghzian economy, worth 819 trillion bargs a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 155,557 bargs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.1 times as much as the poorest.

Boys who even ask about cheerleading are placed on the Sex Offenders Register, autumn landscape paintings feature men stripping leaves from bare branches with a vacuum, search-and-rescue organisations are the biggest employer in the country, and if you go into the woods today you're sure of a big surprise. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Braghz's national animal is the Braghzian White Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Braghzian Church.

Braghz is ranked 10,339^th in the world and 575^th in Lazarus for Most Developed, scoring 90.55 on the Human Development Index.