The Nuclear Wasteland Crater of Brakograd is a colossal, genial nation, remarkable for its ban on automobiles, keen interest in outer space, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.102 billion Brakograds 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 large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bomb Shelter. The average income tax rate is 93.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Brakograd economy, worth 496 trillion Food Stamps a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 160,081 Food Stamps, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Science centers and state of the art laboratories are ubiquitous, elections are won by the candidate who makes the best 'yo mama' jokes, town nameplates frequently raise giggles from passing tourists, and discarded pennies litter the streets. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Brakograd's national animal is the Earthworm, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Brakograd is ranked 6,429^th in the world and 161^st in The Communist Bloc for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 7,298.35 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.