The Principality of Bran the Builder is a gargantuan, efficient nation, notable for its compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 23.101 billion Bran the Builderians 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, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Spirituality, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 23.9%.

The very strong Bran the Builderian economy, worth a remarkable 1,132 trillion Gold Coins a year, is quite specialized and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Retail, Uranium Mining, and Information Technology. Average income is 49,011 Gold Coins, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 149,719 per year while the poor average 12,435, a ratio of 12.0 to 1.

Crime is moderate, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Bran the Builder's national animal is the Dire Wolf.

Bran the Builder is ranked 185,150^th in the world and 2^nd in The Wall for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring zero on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.