The Most Serene Social Republic of Battadia is a titanic, genial nation, ruled by Hermann Schlott with an even hand, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cheerful population of 12.112 billion Battadians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Saydt. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Battadian economy, worth a remarkable 3,747 trillion guiders a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism. Average income is an amazing 309,365 guiders, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Schoolchildren have more trading cards than flash cards in their backpacks, any body part that can be cut off a person is no longer considered to be their property, royalist is the most offensive slur in the Battadian language, and electricians spend more time in school than doctors. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Battadia's national animal is the bee, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Battadia is ranked 161^st in the world and 1^st in The Kodiak Republic for Most Developed, scoring 100.14 on the Human Development Index.