The Republic of Brennaheimr is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by President Thomas Waibel with an iron fist, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, frequent executions, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 3.551 billion Brennaheims are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The tiny, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Law & Order, Education, and Industry also on the agenda, while International Aid and Welfare are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Neukirch. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.2%.

The very strong Brennaheimrian economy, worth 263 trillion Brennaheimr Runars a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Basket Weaving, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 74,251 Brennaheimr Runars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 215,041 per year while the poor average 20,317, a ratio of 10.6 to 1.

The bonfire of the old paper records can be seen for miles around Neukirch, President Thomas Waibel has just been declared ruler of Brennaheimr in an international press conference, Protestant has been named as Brennaheimr's national religion, and a bill to outlaw math homework has been submitted. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Brennaheimr's national animal is the Black Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Protestant.

Brennaheimr is ranked 237,592^nd in the world and 18^th in Novarus for Lowest Crime Rates, with 55 law-abiding acts per hour.