The Telepathic Humanoids of Beta Zed is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Reittan Grax with a fair hand, and remarkable for its rampant corporate plagiarism, ban on automobiles, and hatred of cheese. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 7.122 billion Betazoids 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 enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rixx. The average income tax rate is 82.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Betazoid economy, worth 491 trillion Songs 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 Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology. Average income is 68,954 Songs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Sleep-deprived officials are known to collapse after late night revision for their examinations, ambitious "businessmen" use their children to sell and advertise their products, many junior high school teachers minor in midwifery, and urban graffiti is hand-calligraphed in perfectly kerned elegant fonts. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Beta Zed's national animal is the Dog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Beta Zed is ranked 335,521^st in the world and 189^th in United Earth Space Probe Agency for Most Patriotic, with 0.42 flags saluted per person per day.