The Protectorate of Breque is a very large, socially progressive nation, notable for its flagrant waste-dumping, complete absence of social welfare, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 402 million Brequeans enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The minute, pro-business government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Brequia. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.7%.

The very strong Brequean economy, worth 24.3 trillion bribes a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is fairly diversified and led by the Soda Sales industry, with major contributions from Pizza Delivery, Uranium Mining, and Retail. Average income is 60,457 bribes, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 301,088 per year while the poor average 6,851, a ratio of 43.9 to 1.

The morbidly obese often sell stock options on their own corpses, the single fish caught by Brequean fishers last year is cited as evidence of Breque's thriving fisheries, lines of trenches demarcate the nation's borders, and schools offer a range of lessons in subjects as diverse as The Economics of Bullying for Lunch Money. Crime, especially youth-related, is a major problem. Breque's national animal is the Gecko, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Breque is ranked 312,157^th in the world and 8^th in Jexuldej for Longest Average Lifespans, with 38.7 years.