Location: International Democratic Union

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Republic of Batwich is a massive, devout nation, ruled by Jorj Dubyoo Boosh with an iron fist, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 1.482 billion are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded, corrupt, moralistic, pro-business individuals juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defence, and Religion & Spirituality. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of CLASSIFIED. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 2%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, followed by Automobile Manufacturing and Uranium Mining.

The populace harbors a fierce hatred of the metric system, only the rich can afford the latest medical innovations, a large percentage of the poor live from cradle to grave in subterranean wage slavery, and bloodthirsty zealots regularly participate in the Friday Night Stoning of Adulterers. Crime is crippling. Batwich's national animal is the Deadly Water Viper, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is Objectivism, and its currency is the Daga.

Batwich is ranked 3rd in International Democratic Union and 1,784th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 9 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and