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The Most Serene Republic of Battadia

“Through Unity and Diligence, We Shall Prevail!”

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The Most Serene Republic of Battadia is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Hermann Schlott with an even hand, and notable for its anti-smoking policies, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cheerful population of 6.983 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 1,642 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 and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 235,205 guiders, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government has adopted a "Lightning Never Strikes Twice" approach to dealing with natural disasters, evenings at university debating societies often end with everyone acknowledging both sides may well be right, the government is constantly producing new maps to accommodate the continual renaming of cities, and Hermann Schlott lives life on the open road - complete with groupies. 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 289,379^th in the world and 374^th in The Kodiak Republic for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -24.73 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.

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