The Empire of Broomhandle is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its ban on automobiles, compulsory military service, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.515 billion Broomhandleans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 66.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Broomhandlean economy, worth 31.9 trillion bladeses of grass a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 21,065 bladeses of grass, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The military is researching proton packs and PK-meters to combat "unseen enemy forces", business meetings across the country are interrupted by the sound of squeaking whoopee-cushions, the government funds large training centres to turn penguins into functioning members of society, and Broomhandle has designated Broomhandle City as its capital city. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Broomhandle's national animal is the penguin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Broomhandle is ranked 171,685^th in the world and 77^th in Neocortex for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 1,220.51 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.