The Republic of BrightFutures is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Leader with an even hand, and renowned for its public floggings, frequent executions, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 26.855 billion BrightFuturesians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large government prioritizes Education, although Healthcare, Law & Order, and Public Transport are also considered important, while Spirituality is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of BrightFutures City. The average income tax rate is 97.9%.

The frighteningly efficient BrightFuturesian economy, worth a remarkable 5,033 trillion Luminosities a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Trout Farming, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is an impressive 187,415 Luminosities, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Only AIs know why the nation is rapidly increasing its semiconductor stockpile, state dairy cow's milk is a shear-thickening fluid that can stop small-caliber bullets, criminals are put to death while cuddling their favourite teddy bear, and the road to capitalism has proved an epic drama of adventure and exploration. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. BrightFutures's national animal is the Sun, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

BrightFutures is ranked 11,167^th in the world and 544^th in The North Pacific for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 5,271.82 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.