The United States of Grand Bat is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by President with a fair hand, and remarkable for its complete lack of prisons, ubiquitous missile silos, and rampant corporate plagiarism. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 8.696 billion Grand Batians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Home Run City. The average income tax rate is 87.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Grand Batian economy, worth a remarkable 1,619 trillion dollars a year, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 186,186 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Battlefield gains are quickly lost when enemies don't respect a time-out, a video of President wearing shock-blue face paint and smashing an electric guitar in front of a frenzied crowd is on endless repeat on the nightly news, the government's fruit business reeks of rotting produce and corruption, and there's no cure or sympathy for the common cold. Crime is totally unknown. Grand Bat's national animal is the falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Grand Bat is ranked 102,131^st in the world and 1,277^th in The East Pacific for Most Advanced Defense Forces, scoring 2,484.72 on the Total War Preparedness Rating.