The Federation of Brondenberg is a colossal, pleasant nation, notable for its compulsory military service, state-planned economy, and suspicion of poets. The democratic population of 3.424 billion Brondenbergians 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 Education, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 29.0%.

The Brondenbergian economy, worth 169 trillion Ducats 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, broadly diversified black market in Uranium Mining, Retail, Book Publishing, 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 49,374 Ducats, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.2 times as much as the poorest.

Parties that are too noisy are broken up to prevent disturbing wildlife, children who can't memorize their multiplication tables are sent to the mines, the rich tend their gardens inside gated urban farming communities, and the nation's politicians are acknowledged as the most polite in the region to the dismay of comedians everywhere. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Brondenberg's national animal is the Bear, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Brondenberg is ranked 158,581^st in the world and 35^th in Swabia for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 28.98 Effective Tax Rate.