The Cherished Peoples of Bragin is a massive, cultured nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, ban on automobiles, and complete lack of prisons. The compassionate population of 2.364 billion Braginians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 95.1%.

The all-consuming Braginian economy, worth 226 trillion Bragos a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Cheese Exports and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 95,750 Bragos, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Nearby bird nests prompt wind turbine shutdowns, science fiction invariably depicts socialist societies as Utopian, criminal rehabilitation takes place in re-education centers, and finders keepers is the law of the land. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bragin's national animal is the Bragina Moose, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Bragin is ranked 299,226^th in the world and 79^th in Wintercrest for Lowest Overall Tax Burden, scoring -282.32 on the Hayek Index.