The Most Serene Social Republic of Battadia is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Hermann Schlott with an even hand, and renowned for its anti-smoking policies, smutty television, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cheerful population of 12.315 billion Battadians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Saydt. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Battadian economy, worth a remarkable 3,865 trillion guiders a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism. Average income is an amazing 313,881 guiders, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

War is more of a science than an art, high-income earners pay a 100% tax rate, losing your sock key may require surgical intervention, and no one questions why the chicken crossed the road anymore. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Battadia's national animal is the bee, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Battadia is ranked 163^rd in the world and 1^st in The Kodiak Republic for Most Developed, scoring 100.16 on the Human Development Index.