The Democratic Republic of McBettledom is a massive, cultured nation, remarkable for its anti-smoking policies, state-planned economy, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 2.156 billion McBetties are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vita. The average income tax rate is 31.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong McBettledomian economy, worth 170 trillion Ecoes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. Average income is 78,993 Ecoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Bars are packed at all hours, cassocked priests and choirboys believe that what happens behind closed doors stays behind closed doors, primetime re-runs of The Black and White Minstrel Show are a critical hit, and only those who apply can study applied maths. Crime is totally unknown. McBettledom's national animal is the Quokka, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

McBettledom is ranked 55,801^st in the world and 71^st in Democratic Socialist Assembly for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 167.57 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.