The Empire of Bathera is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Grand Baron Elam Ol'ced IX with an even hand, and notable for its anti-smoking policies, digital currency, and avowedly heterosexual populace. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 20.388 billion Batherans are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bathera City. The average income tax rate is 38.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Batheran economy, worth a remarkable 4,717 trillion Baht a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 231,398 Baht, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

Pet loving officers arrest citizens who don't give their dogs enough biscuits, statues of famous citizens are erected or demolished on a purely partisan basis, older citizens lament over the loss of law and order, and fire and brimstone sermons are accompanied by napalm and fragmentation bombs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bathera's national animal is the Bat, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Techno-Puritanism.

Bathera is ranked 10,688^th in the world and 169^th in Europe for Highest Poor Incomes, with 122,542.74 Standard Monetary Units.