The Larpublic of Brunting is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, compulsory military service, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed population of 601 million Brunts have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Eagle Valley. The average income tax rate is 53.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Bruntingian economy, worth 68.0 trillion pellets a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Trout Farming, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 113,092 pellets, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Promising seven years of bad luck leads to seven years of community service, the new one pellet coin also makes a handy throwing-star, citizens must pay to enjoy Brunting's pristine beaches, and explosive diarrhoea is not just a colorful phrase. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Brunting's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Brunting is ranked 239,315^th in the world and 1,200^th in the Plains of Perdition for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -5.29 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.