The Incorporated States of Brickhill is a mid-sized, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 69 million Bedfordians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 50.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Brickhillian economy, worth 1.63 trillion Euros a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, and Beef-Based Agriculture. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 23,555 Euros, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Acute politicians deride opposition members for being obtuse, the nation's soldiers often believe they're in the Air Force, high-income earners pay a 100% tax rate, and the election for Leader's office's janitor is heating up. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Brickhill's national animal is the Pegasus, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Brickhill is ranked 235,852^nd in the world and 98^th in The Pacifica for Nicest Citizens, with 9.76 average smiles per day.