The Grand Duchy of Brunswick-Hirschthal is a tiny, orderly nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical population of 16 million Brunswick-Hirschthalians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Welfare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 31.8%.

The very strong Brunswick-Hirschthalian economy, worth 1.15 trillion Hirsch Marks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 72,166 Hirsch Marks, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 234,937 per year while the poor average 16,695, a ratio of 14.1 to 1.

Children spend all morning taking out a comma and all afternoon putting it back in again, model railroad hobbyists have taken to muscling model shipbuilders off their "turf", drunk drivers are sent to rehabilitation paid for by the government, and reports of arson have doubled since the introduction of a privatised fire protection service. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Brunswick-Hirschthal's national animal is the Stag, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Brunswick-Hirschthal is ranked 84,824^th in the world and 40^th in Britannia for Fattest Citizens, with 11.85 Obesity Rate.