The Protectorate of Brocklehurst is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Prime Minister Malcolm Tucker with a fair hand, and notable for its frequent executions, state-planned economy, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, democratic, devout population of 6.819 billion Brookes have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Eckington Thames. The average income tax rate is 35.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Brocklehurstian economy, worth 490 trillion crisps a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 71,996 crisps, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Sausages are seldom seen in the supermarket, public incontinence is a growing problem amongst the nation's women, the military recognizes no difference between male and female soldiers, and mollycoddled youths run the country. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Brocklehurst's national animal is the badger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Brocklehurst is ranked 44,159^th in the world and 6^th in Lewisham for Safest, scoring 104.63 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.