The Most Serene Social Republic of Battadia is a titanic, safe nation, ruled by Hermann Schlott with an even hand, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, ban on automobiles, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cheerful population of 12.237 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 3,822 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 312,378 guiders, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Weird kids who eat bugs are breaking the law, divorcees attending custody disputes tend to wear black-and-white zigzag patterns, jumping in puddles after rainstorms has become an indoor activity, and schoolchildren on field trips are asked what torture means to them. 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 332,780^th in the world and 199^th in The Kodiak Republic for Highest Disposable Incomes, with zero Standard Monetary Units.