The Kingdom of The Herrebrugh Islands is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by High Councillor Taco 't Suertje with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, ubiquitous missile silos, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate population of 23.24 billion Herrebrughers enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Josephtown. The average income tax rate is 76.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Herrebrugher economy, worth a remarkable 1,690 trillion guilders a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 72,730 guilders, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Flipping a coin to make a decision leads to a referral to Gambling Addiction Services, treaties are taken to be mere rules of thumb, eerie glow-in-the-dark cornfields give farmlands an uncanny appearance, and city workers have declared that rolling markets aren't good for business after all. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Herrebrugh Islands's national animal is the Jozevian elephant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is the Nether-High Dutch Uniting Church.

The Herrebrugh Islands is ranked 285,817^th in the world and 174^th in Democratic Socialist Assembly for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -14.57 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.