The Bizarre World of Betashock is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Empress Jackie Beta with an iron fist, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, frequent executions, and prohibition of alcohol. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 4.464 billion Betas are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Beta City. The average income tax rate is 85.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Betashockian economy, worth 623 trillion Betacoins a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 139,638 Betacoins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Visions of giant pink puppygirls are a common side effect after Betas eat their meals, kids are told they can be whoever they want to be when they grow up, the standardised national curriculum requires that all-male classes be taught why they have periods, and nobody likes bad boys any more. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Betashock's national animal is the puppygirl, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Betashock is ranked 271,672^nd in the world and 21^st in ACA for Safest, scoring 7.16 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.