The Commonwealth of Brockton-by-the-Sea is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its complete lack of prisons, smutty television, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 5.684 billion Brockies enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Chaubunagungamaug. The average income tax rate is 74.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Brockish economy, worth 578 trillion dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 101,780 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Populations of two-headed Eastern gray squirrels have been found around recently-uncovered archaeological sites, hundreds of sailors ride the good ship Leader day after day, homeowners are evicted to make way for new runways, and constipated disaster survivors are rapidly learning that MRE is short for "Meal Requiring Enemas". Crime is totally unknown. Brockton-by-the-Sea's national animal is the Eastern gray squirrel, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Brockton-by-the-Sea is ranked 279,103^rd in the world and 208^th in Thaecia for Most Patriotic, with 0.56 flags saluted per person per day.