The Funky Federation of Brunsel is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by President Joanna Varbilt with an even hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, national health service, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 16.258 billion Brunselians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass — juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sarekach. The average income tax rate is 86.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Brunselian economy, worth a remarkable 1,015 trillion birals a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Furniture Restoration, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 62,467 birals, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Brunselian husbands are dead good at fathering kids, the nation is wading into dangerous waters, anything is permissible when wearing latex gloves, and high school bands practice by moonlight. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Brunsel's national animal is the mountain lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Brunsel is ranked 93,720^th in the world and 66^th in New United Kingdom for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 89.03 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.