The Republic of Brionis is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, frequent executions, and spontaneously combusting cars. The compassionate, hard-working population of 1.67 billion Brionisians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and look forward to their next free and open election, to be held on an as-yet unannounced date.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 77.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Brionisian economy, worth 198 trillion Obsidians a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Uranium Mining, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 118,779 Obsidians, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Political satirists and late night comedians weep as the government begins cleaning up its act, you can't put down the nation's attitude to pet health, religious figures have been banned from public holidays to make them more multicultural, and a stocking with a crooked seam or a tie without a full Windsor knot are grounds for instant dismissal. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Brionis's national animal is the Cliff Strider, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Brionis is ranked 285,682^nd in the world and 41^st in We like money for Largest Black Market, with 52.0 billion Standard Monetary Units.