The Protectorate of Brocklehurst is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Prime Minister Malcolm Tucker with a fair hand, and renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants, compulsory military service, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, democratic, devout population of 8.367 billion Brookes enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Eckington Thames. The average income tax rate is 38.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Brocklehurstian economy, worth 696 trillion crisps a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Basket Weaving, and Information Technology. Average income is 83,236 crisps, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Glittering new sports stadiums adorn every city and town, 100-year-old politicians are now a thing of the past, half-submerged and flooded seaside hotels are technically still next to the beach, and children gain their first sex education from reading the dictionary. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Brocklehurst's national animal is the badger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Brocklehurst is ranked 88,382^nd in the world and 7^th in Lewisham for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 2,837.51 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.