The Very First Responders of Brachycardian Corpsmen is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Leo the Long with a fair hand, and notable for its ban on automobiles and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 7.195 billion Brachycardian Corpsmen hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Brachycardia. The average income tax rate is 12.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Brachycardian Corpsmenian economy, worth 412 trillion shells a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Furniture Restoration, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 57,363 shells, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

The pursuit of wanted criminals ends at the entrance of the pay'n'spray garage as police refuse to enter any private property, foreign despots proudly bandstand on Brachycardian Corpsmenian airwaves, CEOs can't hear the term 'Fire Sale' without bursting into tears, and citizens recently voted in favour of declaring bubblewrap an 'abomination of nature'. Crime is almost non-existent. Brachycardian Corpsmen's national animal is the black wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Defender Moralism.

Brachycardian Corpsmen is ranked 159,985^th in the world and 199^th in The Yamada Ryo Star Warriors for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 980.55 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.