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The United Commonwealth of New Bradenia Ghost is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Arno Tyranic with an even hand, and notable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, ritual sacrifices, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, cynical, humorless, devout population of 13.84 billion New Bradenians 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 large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Glasgow. The average income tax rate is 90.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient New Bradenia Ghostian economy, worth a remarkable 1,999 trillion Bradenian Dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 144,494 Bradenian Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

The government spends more on chasing distant comets than on basic infrastructure, supermarket milk is a shear-thickening fluid that can stop small-caliber bullets, future leaders of New Bradenia Ghost regularly dismiss pressing political issues when available options don't conform to their worldview, and a surprising number of travelers carry their water in vodka bottles. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Bradenia Ghost's national animal is the Old Moose, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

New Bradenia Ghost is ranked 25,114^th in the world and 378^th in The East Pacific for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring 5,738.03 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.