The United Socialist States of Briantini is a huge, safe nation, notable for its smutty television, absence of drug laws, and compulsory gun ownership. The compassionate, democratic population of 839 million Bries are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 93.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Briantinian economy, worth 71.8 trillion Food Stamps 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 mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing. Average income is 85,581 Food Stamps, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Veteran cops reminisce over their heavy armor days, arbitration is mightier than the sword, Leader has promised 'power to the puppies', and no one believes anything until it has been strenuously tested and peer-reviewed. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Briantini's national animal is the sloth, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Briantini is ranked 143,223^rd in the world and 2^nd in Pan y Mantequilla for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 1,846.95 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.