The Royal Union of Herrebrugh is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by King Joseph III of the Herrebrughers with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, sprawling nuclear power plants, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 41.301 billion Herrebrughers enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The enormous, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Josephtown. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Herrebrugher economy, worth a remarkable 9,912 trillion guilders a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 240,002 guilders, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

The official Herrebrugher Phrase Book weighs as much as a small child, lonely children write fanfiction about absent fathers, commercial pop radio occasionally features raccoon birthing sounds, and signs at the border tell international drivers where they can put their cars. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Herrebrugh's national animal is the Yusoretian elephant, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is the Nether-High Dutch Uniting Church.

Herrebrugh is ranked 753^rd in the world and 6^th in Democratic Socialist Assembly for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 17,248.5 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.