The Republic of Brisetsur is a huge, efficient nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 839 million Brisetsurians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The medium-sized, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 19.1%.

The very strong Brisetsurian economy, worth 49.9 trillion Brisetsmarts a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Uranium Mining, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 59,513 Brisetsmarts, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 236,991 per year while the poor average 10,066, a ratio of 23.5 to 1.

The "war on terror" doesn't seem to be making Brisetsurians any less frightened, schools have extensive counseling programs for troubled students, the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, and when flight control tells pilots to alter course the usual reply is "No, YOU move!". Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Brisetsur's national animal is the eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Brisetsur is ranked 72,628^th in the world and 127^th in KAISERREICH for Most Patriotic, with 19.3 flags saluted per person per day.