The United Kingdom of Sorpia and Brtinnija is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its frequent executions, complete lack of prisons, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, democratic, devout population of 277 million Brtinnijans are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 36.4%.

The Sorpia and Brtinnijan economy, worth 17.1 trillion Dinars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Cheese Exports, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 61,899 Dinars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

Pet owners make sure their dogs wear diapers, a National Academy regulates grammar and usage, candidates make campaign speeches at the funerals of former rivals, and school children are forced to sing the national anthem every morning. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sorpia and Brtinnija's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Sorpia and Brtinnija is ranked 46,673^rd in the world and 1,525^th in The North Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 73 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.