The Masonic Brotherhood of Bartratina is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Gigi Gvardia with an even hand, and renowned for its complete lack of prisons, state-planned economy, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 8.686 billion Illyrians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Law & Order, Education, and Industry are also considered important, while International Aid is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bijeljina. The average income tax rate is 89.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Bartratinan economy, worth a remarkable 1,982 trillion Zastavas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Soda Sales. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 228,276 Zastavas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Black gold is looking more brown these days, the government throws money at problems when in a jam, speeches have been enlivened since Gigi Gvardia started spitting bars, and the 'sing-a-long with Gigi Gvardia' album is a popular souvenir. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bartratina's national animal is the Lynx, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Orthodox Christianity.

Bartratina is ranked 2,470^th in the world and 100^th in Osiris for Highest Poor Incomes, with 203,291.44 Standard Monetary Units.