The Republic of Briseloire is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its infamous sell-swords and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 2.053 billion French are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The medium-sized, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Paris. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 25.4%.

The very strong French economy, worth 106 trillion Francs a year, is led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Pizza Delivery, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 52,103 Francs, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 270,212 per year while the poor average 5,443, a ratio of 49.6 to 1.

The latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, organ donation is compulsory, a small country is wondering where their capitol building's gold dome went, and all government facilities are built in the subterranean citadel of Paris. Crime is moderate, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Briseloire's national animal is the Frog, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Briseloire is ranked 247,774^th in the world and 14^th in Aura for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 27.39 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.