The Free Land of Briganthal is a very large, safe nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 183 million Brigants are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 71.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Briganthalian economy, worth 3.08 trillion Thorns a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient black market in Arms Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, Furniture Restoration, and Pizza Delivery. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 16,831 Thorns, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The navy is chrome-plating its battleships to prevent rust, drug lords often avoid prison time by teaching "chemistry" classes to underprivileged youth, animal liberationists receive government funding to break into animal research labs, and the regional delicacy of chocolate bombes is deadlier than an unexploded bomb. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Briganthal's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Briganthal is ranked 171,282^nd in the world and 219^th in Wintreath for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 37.88 on the Clooney Contribution Index.