The Sergeant In Arms of Brisby is a titanic, efficient nation, notable for its pith helmet sales, soft-spoken computers, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 20.286 billion Brisbies are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 44.9%.

The all-consuming Brisbyian economy, worth a remarkable 1,817 trillion Valutoes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 89,599 Valutoes, with the richest citizens earning 6.8 times as much as the poorest.

Radio stations are forbidden to play anything with too much drum or bass, signs of extraterrestrial life are just foreign astronauts evading Brisbyian justice, soldiers on first dates introduce themselves only by their ranks and serial numbers, and newlywed misogynists complain about their wives keeping their maiden names. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Brisby's national animal is the Wandering Stu, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Brisby is ranked 42,177^th in the world and 105^th in Suspicious for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 2,196.51 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.