The Republic of Beatavic is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Leonardo Scheppink with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, devout population of 13.165 billion Beatavicians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The large, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zouterhem. The average income tax rate is 81.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Beatavician economy, worth a remarkable 1,784 trillion Beatavic Marks a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 135,547 Beatavic Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Maxtopian tourists make expensive pilgrimages to Zouterhem to enjoy their national art, internet ads promising "hot singles in your area" are even less accurate than they used to be, people's charity begins and ends at home, and occupational wage levels are based on a crumpled napkin authored by a legendary Zouterhem bus driver. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Beatavic's national animal is the Brown Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Beatavic is ranked 6,112^th in the world and 4^th in Coalition of Crown Albatross for Longest Average Lifespans, with 92.49 years.