The Federal Republic of Brickhill is a small, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 32 million Bedfordians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 48.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The fragile Brickhillian economy, worth 780 billion Euros 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, fairly diversified black market in Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, and Beef-Based Agriculture. 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 24,390 Euros, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Organ donation is compulsory, policemen regularly conduct midnight raids on closed donut shops to 'collect evidence', the government is seen to favor traditionalist religions, and college students make ends meet by selling their kidneys. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Brickhill's national animal is the Pegasus, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Brickhill is ranked 259,977^th in the world and 85^th in The Pacifica for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring -3.79 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.