The Republic of Brugan is a huge, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, restrictive gun laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 527 million Bruganians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Royster. The average income tax rate is 75.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Bruganian economy, worth 47.0 trillion Euros a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Trout Farming, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 89,179 Euros, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation locks people up and tells them they're mad for compassion's sake, only adults may purchase violent video games, police regularly arrest families playing Monopoly, and gaping tourists take long-distance photos of diseased natives on "indigenous peoples" safari tours. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Brugan's national animal is the Raccoon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Brugan is ranked 4,141^st in the world and 97^th in The Communist Bloc for Safest, scoring 131.69 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.