The Republic of North Batica is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Alren Vos with an even hand, and remarkable for its digital currency, compulsory military service, and daily referendums. The compassionate population of 17.891 billion North Baticans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Fontina. The average income tax rate is 82.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient North Batican economy, worth a remarkable 2,043 trillion Batican Marks a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 114,196 Batican Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Government officials sit helplessly as they are labelled 'Pompous Womples' by celebrities, old dogs don't have to learn new tricks but they have to prove they haven't forgotten old ones, stranded mountaineers can watch livestreamed footage of their rescues, and history textbook pages are used as impromptu tissues by distraught students. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. North Batica's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

North Batica is ranked 296,432^nd in the world and 773^rd in Europe for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -11.31 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.