The Empire of Brumenia is a mid-sized, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and suspicion of poets. The democratic population of 62 million Brumenians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Public Transport. The average income tax rate is 74.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Brumenian economy, worth 1.93 trillion florens 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 led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Pizza Delivery, and Information Technology. Average income is 31,106 florens, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Anyone who so much as frowns risks being referred to a mental health unit, the government funds large training centres to turn gargoyles into functioning members of society, no one questions why the chicken crossed the road anymore, and criminals always seem to be forewarned of police raids. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Brumenia's national animal is the gargoyle, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Brumenia is ranked 186,191^st in the world and 194^th in Aesica for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 60.65 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.