The United Revolutionary State of Britarvia is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by General Secretary Ivan Radek with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 27.52 billion Britaris 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 minute, corrupt government, or what there is of one, is effectively ruled by the Department of Defense, with Social Policy and Environment not funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Radekgorod. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Britarvian economy, worth a remarkable 5,818 trillion Rads a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 211,424 Rads, with the richest citizens earning 5.3 times as much as the poorest.

General Secretary Ivan Radek is too busy listening to praise to get any work done, teenage male videogamers often suffer repetitive strain wrist injuries, foreign football clubs wave the Britarvian flag before every game, and massive new slaughterhouses are being hailed as a sign of progress. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. Britarvia's national animal is the Taiga Black Bear, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Scientific Vanguardism.

Britarvia is ranked 14,990^th in the world and 5^th in Tarkin for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 356.02 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.