The Commonwealth of Batcountry is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Prime Minister Duke with a fair hand, and renowned for its daily referendums, sprawling nuclear power plants, and aversion to nipples. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 3.385 billion Batcountryians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lost Wages. The average income tax rate is 69.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Batcountryian economy, worth 531 trillion tokes a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 157,148 tokes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Companies have begun running campaigns to stop people from remembering their brand name, older ladies are inundated with offers to help them cross the road, formerly fertile fields are being leached dry of nutrients by intensive farming, and the government subsidises medicines of mass destruction. Crime is totally unknown. Batcountry's national animal is the Bat, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Batcountry is ranked 7,988^th in the world and 21^st in The Region That Has No Big Banks for Most Beautiful Environments, with 1,817.47 pounds of wildlife per square mile.