The Orange-and-white she-cat of Brightheart is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Brightheart with an even hand, and remarkable for its frequent executions, state-planned economy, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, devout population of 1.31 billion Brightheartians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Thunder Clan camp. The average income tax rate is 55.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Brightheartian economy, worth 104 trillion Preys a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, quite specialized black market in Gambling, Pizza Delivery, Retail, and Basket Weaving. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 80,132 Preys, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Most of the nation's wealthy aristocrats are dentists, coastal cities are being moved a dozen miles inland to reduce flooding risk, genetic researchers have been expelled, and conscripts often volunteer for a second tour of duty so they can get a ticket to next year's Army Revue. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Brightheart's national animal is the Warrior cats, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Star clan.

Brightheart is ranked 85,184^th in the world and 23^rd in MJT for Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry, scoring 4,256.12 on the Tasmanian Pulp Environmental Export Index.