The Republic of BrightFutures is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Leader with an even hand, and notable for its digital currency, sprawling nuclear power plants, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 37.204 billion BrightFuturesians 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 large government prioritizes Education, with Healthcare, Law & Order, and Public Transport also on the agenda, while Spirituality receives no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of BrightFutures City. The average income tax rate is 98.4%.

The frighteningly efficient BrightFuturesian economy, worth a remarkable 7,213 trillion Luminosities a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Trout Farming, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is an impressive 193,900 Luminosities, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Prisoners can't do number twos without their "toilet buddy" present, throwing garbage out of your house's front window makes it legally someone else's problem, brave curators do battle with disorganised government libraries, and the possibility of gain causes universal pain. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. BrightFutures's national animal is the Sun, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

BrightFutures is ranked 22,842^nd in the world and 1,344^th in Lazarus for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 6,672 on the Gilded Widget Scale.