The Protectorate of Brocklehurst is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Prime Minister Malcolm Tucker with a fair hand, and notable for its daily referendums, state-planned economy, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, democratic, devout population of 6.843 billion Brookes have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government prioritizes Administration, with Law & Order, Education, and Welfare also on the agenda. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Eckington Thames. The average income tax rate is 36.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Brocklehurstian economy, worth 492 trillion crisps 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 Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 71,979 crisps, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The military recognizes no difference between male and female soldiers, mollycoddled youths run the country, enemy navies sail within bombardment range of major coastal cities with impunity, and confessions don't count if suffixed with "izzle". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Brocklehurst's national animal is the badger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Brocklehurst is ranked 86,921^st in the world and 8^th in Lewisham for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 310.68 on the Clooney Contribution Index.