The Republic of North Batica is a titanic, genial nation, ruled by Alren Vos with an even hand, and notable for its frequent executions, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 18.288 billion North Baticans enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

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 85.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient North Batican economy, worth a remarkable 2,140 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 117,029 Batican Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Grocery stores can be audibly identified by the giggling emerging from them, sweat stains are proof of political acumen, priests are being drafted by the church load, and the government is hoping that medical aid will speak louder than human rights abuses. 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 212,040^th in the world and 395^th in Europe for Largest Black Market, with 398 billion Standard Monetary Units.