The State of Michele Brooke is a gargantuan, orderly nation, remarkable for its burgeoning deer population. The hard-working, cynical, devout population of 13.84 billion Michele Brookeans 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, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Law & Order, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 30.4%.

The strong Michele Brookean economy, worth 705 trillion betales a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 50,945 betales, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.9 times as much as the poorest.

Harry Potter books are banned, military funding has been stripped back, a well-funded social safety net protects the unfortunate, and rumours have it that a secret police is responsible for the recent spate of missing persons. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Michele Brooke's national animal is the deer.

Michele Brooke is ranked 112,058^th in the world and 2^nd in The Republic of California for Lowest Crime Rates, with 64.46 law-abiding acts per hour.