The State of Bruce Petersen is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, complete lack of public education, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-working, democratic population of 25.407 billion Bruce Petersenians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The minute, pro-business government, or what there is of one, prioritizes Defense, with Industry also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Law & Order receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of District City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.8%.

The thriving Bruce Petersenian economy, worth 902 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is quite specialized and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with significant contributions from Pizza Delivery, Automobile Manufacturing, and Soda Sales. Average income is 35,534 betales, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 144,077 per year while the poor average 5,834, a ratio of 24.7 to 1.

Voting is voluntary, military spending is on the increase, and Bruce Petersen has designated District City as its capital city. Crime is a serious problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Bruce Petersen's national animal is the deer, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Bruce Petersen is ranked 267,826^th in the world and 7^th in Caracas for Lowest Crime Rates, with 39.26 law-abiding acts per hour.