The Safety of Brian Branch is a colossal, cultured nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, barren, inhospitable landscape, and enslaved workforce. The compassionate, hard-working population of 3.833 billion Brian Branchians 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 39.1%.

The very strong Brian Branchian economy, worth 254 trillion guilders a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Woodchip Exports, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 66,314 guilders, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 297,748 per year while the poor average 9,127, a ratio of 32.6 to 1.

Brian Branchians incessantly needle their doctors for relief, the government has strong opinions about what goes into your bodily orifices, drug lords often avoid prison time by teaching "chemistry" classes to underprivileged youth, and armed war-criminals gain asylum if deemed 'fabulous' enough. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Brian Branch's national animal is the sheep, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Brian Branch is ranked 301,043^rd in the world and 16,307^th in Osiris for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -8.94 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.