The District of Brouil is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Liard with an iron fist, and notable for its compulsory military service, punitive income tax rates, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 11.979 billion Brouilians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of District City. The average income tax rate is 71.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Brouilian economy, worth 211 trillion aurums 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 Tourism, Basket Weaving, and Book Publishing. Average income is 17,664 aurums, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Tourists from around the world come to visit the country's famous rainforests, the nation's taxpayers pay for foreign government's extravagances, Brouil has designated District City as its capital city, and Liard has just been declared ruler of Brouil in an international press conference. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Brouil's national animal is the bovina, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Brouil is ranked 258,302^nd in the world and 8^th in Victoria for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring -40 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.