The Too Evil To Be True of Batayev is a titanic, safe nation, ruled by The Delegate with an iron fist, and renowned for its state-planned economy, frequent executions, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 12.487 billion Batayevians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Delegrad. The average income tax rate is 33.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Batayevian economy, worth 285 trillion lotuses 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 slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Trout Farming, Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. 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 22,838 lotuses, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Society and government have been organized according to a feudal hierarchy, The Delegate has been known to threaten dissenting citizens with a machine gun at press conferences, The Delegate is the self-declared God of all Batayev, and the constant playing of Merry Birthday on Batayevian radio has led to calls for the song to be classified as a crime against humanity. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Batayev's national animal is the hawk and its national religion is The Update.

Batayev is ranked 216,057^th in the world and 10^th in TEP for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring -5.4 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.