The Empire of Brast Koolva is a tiny, orderly nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, state-planned economy, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 7 million Brast Koolvans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 63.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The struggling Brast Koolvan economy, worth 128 billion lire a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, and Retail. Average income is 18,269 lire, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, the government awards prizes to television shows featuring stereotype-breaking minority roles, the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, and boats straying just metres away from the shore will raise the ire of the Coast Guard. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Brast Koolva's national animal is the parrot.

Brast Koolva is ranked 257,625^th in the world and 67^th in womp for Highest Poor Incomes, with 16,845.9 Standard Monetary Units.