The Republic of Brotherland is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Joan Ragno with a fair hand, and remarkable for its public floggings, anti-smoking policies, and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 17.16 billion Brotherlandians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

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 98.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Brotherlandian economy, worth a remarkable 2,662 trillion Songs a year, is highly specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 155,170 Songs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Out-of-work actors say they can't complain, the government is often referred to as "the biggest drug dealer in the nation", the fattest folk in Brotherland look to be the happiest ones, and the government has adopted a "Lightning Never Strikes Twice" approach to dealing with natural disasters. 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 2,002^nd in the world and 50^th in The East Pacific for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 19,656.44 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.