The Dominion of Birwood is a large, genial nation, notable for its irreverence towards religion, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 75 million Birwoodians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 57.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Birwoodian economy, worth 1.65 trillion pounds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Uranium Mining, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 21,945 pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Birwood's national animal is the unicorn, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Birwood is ranked 129,932^nd in the world and 34^th in Esportiva for Most Patriotic, with 12.3 flags saluted per person per day.