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The People's Republic of Bricona is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, ban on automobiles, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, devout population of 947 million Briconans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Coreseto. The average income tax rate is 70.1%.

The Briconine economy, worth 42.7 trillion Tibins a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 45,055 Tibins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.5 times as much as the poorest.

Undersea volcanoes receive strongly worded letters for violating environmental regulations, citizens' names are redacted on their IDs for national security, the highest sporting award is the Grail of Tears, and the child of a rich parent flip-flops between decadence and poverty. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bricona's national animal is the Briconine Stag, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Bricona is ranked 260,936^th in the world and 10^th in The DankLeft Commune for Fattest Citizens, with 7.02 Obesity Rate.