The Empire of The Bruns is a fledgling, efficient nation, notable for its compulsory military service. The hard-working, cynical, devout population of 6 million Brunsians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The tiny, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Spirituality, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.9%.

The very strong Brunsian economy, worth 431 billion marks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Trout Farming, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 71,842 marks, with the richest citizens earning 9.4 times as much as the poorest.

Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low. The Bruns's national animal is the turtle, which can occasionally be seen avoiding garbage in the nation's murky oceans.

The Bruns is ranked 39,246^th in the world and 373^rd in the Rejected Realms for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 5,734.83 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.