The United Socialist States of Brenirven is a huge, efficient nation, renowned for its public floggings, keen interest in outer space, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate population of 321 million Brenirvenians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mongyurs. The average income tax rate is 70.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Brenirvenian economy, worth 26.1 trillion Surars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient black market in Trout Farming, Information Technology, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 81,328 Surars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The police have been known to wiretap confessional boxes, the majority of the country's traffic wardens have been sacked overnight, children seem to be getting better at lying these days, and acute politicians deride opposition members for being obtuse. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Brenirven's national animal is the horse.

Brenirven is ranked 222,185^th in the world and 1,529^th in The Communist Bloc for Highest Drug Use, scoring 23.8 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.