Population | 576 million |
Capital | Neu Berlin |
Currency | Birn |
Animal | double headed eagle |
The Empire of Brandbierne is a huge, orderly nation, renowned for its parental licensing program, ubiquitous missile silos, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 576 million Brandbierneans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."
The medium-sized, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Neu Berlin. The average income tax rate is 24.4%.
The thriving Brandbiernean economy, worth 48.5 trillion Birns a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 84,207 Birns, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.9 times as much as the poorest.
Doctors spend more time writing sick notes than caring for the sick, education is transforming people into first-rate snobs, roads are often attended by round-the-clock construction crews, and laser-wielding robots are taking aim at human hearts. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Brandbierne's national animal is the double headed eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.
Brandbierne is ranked 168,081st in the world and 7,612th in Balder for Most Cultured, scoring 64 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Brandbierne's influence in Balder rose from "Unproven" to "Hatchling".
- : Brandbierne was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Secular.
- : Brandbierne's influence in Balder rose from "Zero" to "Unproven".
- : Brandbierne was refounded in Balder.
- : Brandbierne ceased to exist in KAISERREICH.
- : Brandbierne was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Highest Disposable Incomes.
- : Following new legislation in Brandbierne, laser-wielding robots are taking aim at human hearts.
- : Following new legislation in Brandbierne, roads are often attended by round-the-clock construction crews.
- : Following new legislation in Brandbierne, education is transforming people into first-rate snobs.
- : Following new legislation in Brandbierne, doctors spend more time writing sick notes than caring for the sick.