The United Socialist States of Brush Tsanglu is a very large, genial nation, renowned for its lack of airports, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 232 million Brush Tsangluans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Environment. The average income tax rate is 83.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Brush Tsangluan economy, worth 6.17 trillion semillas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 26,615 semillas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Autocrats are persona non grata, referenda can be called for any law at the request of at least one third of the voting population, there's a shortage of swinging hot spots as land development grinds to a halt, and no one questions why the chicken crossed the road anymore. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Brush Tsanglu's national animal is the Great Blue Heron, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Brush Tsanglu is ranked 322,864^th in the world and 216^th in Forest for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -12.57 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.