The Democratic Republic of Littlebrook is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by TIO Chancellory with an iron fist, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and anti-smoking policies. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 22.608 billion Littlebrookians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Littlebrook City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 55.2%.

The very strong Littlebrookian economy, worth a remarkable 2,141 trillion Krems 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, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. 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 94,704 Krems, with the richest citizens earning 9.7 times as much as the poorest.

Birth rates have hit an all-time low, the state is footing the bill for billionaires' lawyers, prosecutors routinely call transplant doctors as 'expert witnesses' in burglary cases, and a typical fast food menu item could serve a small army. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Littlebrook's national animal is the Dragon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is a major religion.

Littlebrook is ranked 245,185^th in the world and 82^nd in Independent Order for Most Primitive, scoring -138.27 on the Scary Big Number Scale.