The Republic of Brotherland is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Joan Ragno with a fair hand, and renowned for its smutty television, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 22.083 billion Brotherlandians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Brotherland City. The average income tax rate is 98.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Brotherlandian economy, worth a remarkable 3,499 trillion Songs a year, is highly specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 158,454 Songs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Paralegals spend all day Hewlett-Packing attorneys' law briefs, government ministers have eclectic tastes in curtains, wildlife have trouble navigating the electric fences surrounding national forests, and Maxtopian tourists make expensive pilgrimages to Brotherland City to enjoy their national art. Crime is totally unknown. Brotherland's national animal is the Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Fratracism.

Brotherland is ranked 309,252^nd in the world and 7,431^st in The East Pacific for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 2,693.72 Standard Monetary Units.