The Republic of BrightFutures is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Leader with an even hand, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, daily referendums, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 30.896 billion BrightFuturesians 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 large government prioritizes Education, with Healthcare, Law & Order, and Public Transport also on the agenda, while Spirituality is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of BrightFutures City. The average income tax rate is 98.3%.

The frighteningly efficient BrightFuturesian economy, worth a remarkable 5,865 trillion Luminosities a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Trout Farming, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 189,859 Luminosities, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

No one gossips with Leader during diplomatic summits, reporters often lose their jobs over fact-checking errors, all work and no play has rendered the nation's children somewhat intelligent but also remarkably dull, and the government seizes private property for the 'good of the people'. 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 7,579^th in the world and 348^th in The North Pacific for Highest Average Incomes, with 189,859.07 Standard Monetary Units.