The Mighty Crowned Republic of Betmet is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Emmanuel Jean-Pierre with a fair hand, and remarkable for its irreverence towards religion, restrictive gun laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 15.358 billion Betmetians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Port des Roses. The average income tax rate is 93.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Betmetian economy, worth a remarkable 2,440 trillion Ridgers a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 158,939 Ridgers, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Every day has been a surprise since weather reporters turned to consulting ancient totems for their seven-day forecasts, it ain't easy to be green enough to be imported into Betmet, the government guarantees that tourists will have the ultimate trip on their trips, and compliance officers smash the kneecaps of unethical bureaucrats. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Betmet's national animal is the Royal Bull, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Betmet is ranked 295,344^th in the world and 35^th in Ridgefield for Fattest Citizens, with 5.2 Obesity Rate.