The Most Serene Social Republic of Battadia is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Hermann Schlott with an even hand, and remarkable for its state-planned economy, frequent executions, and hatred of cheese. The compassionate, cheerful population of 12.232 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 3,819 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 312,217 guiders, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

There is an abondance of ackawi and zartschmelzend in every Battadian grocery store, the nation has an international reputation for compassion, produce labels read 'may contain traces of food', and scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes. 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 191^st in the world and 1^st in The Kodiak Republic for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 106.78 Effective Tax Rate.