The Most Serene Social Republic of Battadia is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Hermann Schlott with an even hand, and remarkable for its anti-smoking policies, state-planned economy, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, cheerful population of 12.152 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 3,770 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 310,315 guiders, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Tax revenue is often intercepted by international accountants before ever seeing the national treasury, nine out of ten citizens of Battadia answered 'nuclear safety inspector' when asked their occupation, all astronauts are hot twenty-something models selected because they have 'the right stuff', and parents who refuse to vaccinate their children are given a short jail sentence. 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 2,804^th in the world and 5^th in The Kodiak Republic for Highest Average Incomes, with 310,315.89 Standard Monetary Units.