The Brenbarrier of Briney is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Briney with an iron fist, and notable for its pith helmet sales, irreverence towards religion, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 2.135 billion Brineyians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Brine City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 17.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Brineyian economy, worth 313 trillion brines a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an impressive 146,694 brines, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 525,741 per year while the poor average 29,355, a ratio of 17.9 to 1.

Adult unemployment is rising as available jobs are filled by young children, Briney's Dreadnought-class tankbuster limousine is said to have more ammunition than the entire Brancalandian Army, citizens who don't follow Brinhisim are closely monitored for signs of self-harm, and dining out often involves brineys on the plate no matter what you order. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Briney's national animal is the briney, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Brinhisim.

Briney is ranked 116,491^st in the world and 18^th in Southeast Union for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 1,521.59 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.