The Loaf of Bread County is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Bread God with an iron fist, and notable for its frequent executions, compulsory military service, and zero percent divorce rate. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical population of 2.135 billion Breads are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Breadia. The average income tax rate is 39.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Fresh economy, worth 139 trillion Bread Dollars a year, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Information Technology, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 65,354 Bread Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Feuilletons can only be deciphered with a Galliennais dictionary, sex changes are routinely performed at Bread County's hospitals, the tools of the trade for landmine clearance appear to be copious amounts of gasoline and a box of matches, and administrative districts are increasingly defined by their taste in housing architecture. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bread County's national animal is the Bread Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is breadity.

Bread County is ranked 247,575^th in the world and 128^th in Iris for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -5.99 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.