The BRI'ISH of Sips tea is a titanic, orderly nation, remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, keen interest in outer space, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 11.457 billion Sips teans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 56.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Sips tean economy, worth a remarkable 1,294 trillion rupees a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 112,959 rupees, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

Thieves claim they're simply working for the tax agency, elementary school children develop thousand-yard stares, politicians sweat as journalists scour internet archives for any mention of them, and politicians always seem to take two steps forward then three steps back. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sips tea's national animal is the squirrel, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Sips tea is ranked 93,355^th in the world and 23^rd in Yorkshire for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 998.62 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.