The Empire of Bathera is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Grand Baron Elam Ol'ced IX with an even hand, and remarkable for its anti-smoking policies, digital currency, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, democratic, humorless, devout population of 20.18 billion Batherans are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bathera City. The average income tax rate is 24.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Batheran economy, worth a remarkable 4,606 trillion Baht a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 228,269 Baht, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

The parliament building has installed a revolving door, anti-government political posters adorn every building like wallpaper, videogames like 'Equalia: Knights of Self-Confidence' are proving inexplicably unpopular, and there are no bananas today in Bathera. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bathera's national animal is the Bat, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Techno-Puritanism.

Bathera is ranked 306,309^th in the world and 867^th in Europe for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -20.15 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.