The Republic of Braxtyn is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory military service and irreverence towards religion. The democratic population of 679 million Braxtynians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Aurora. The average income tax rate is 9.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Braxtynian economy, worth 34.3 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Woodchip Exports, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 50,474 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Elected officials who disagree with Leader have a lot of accidents, weird or unusual crimes merit cruel and unusual punishments, no-one can foil the ambitions of Big Aluminium, and Braxtyn has designated Aurora as its capital city. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Braxtyn's national animal is the swan.

Braxtyn is ranked 254,567^th in the world and 14,281^st in Osiris for Largest Black Market, with 159 billion Standard Monetary Units.