The Federal Republic of Beta Regio is a huge, safe nation, notable for its frequent executions, ban on automobiles, and smutty television. The compassionate, democratic population of 615 million Beta-regioans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Theia Mons. The average income tax rate is 43.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Beta Regioan economy, worth 20.1 trillion Cytherian Rifts a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Retail, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 32,710 Cytherian Rifts, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Lovesick people are told 'it's not them, it's you', lobotomies haven't been the same after the practice was severed, there's a politician called Male Infant Suzuki, and the nation is infamous for its mass graves of discarded robots. Crime is totally unknown. Beta Regio's national animal is the Ferret, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Beta Regio is ranked 226,438^th in the world and 779^th in Europe for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 882.73 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.