The People's Republic of Aristroka is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 289 million Aristrokans are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Healthcare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 30.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Aristrokan economy, worth 10.4 trillion Lundis a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 35,915 Lundis, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, disadvantaged youths often commit felonies to enhance their educational prospects, and some are born loving old plays and some have old plays thrust upon them. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aristroka's national animal is the Cobra, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Aristroka is ranked 112,847^th in the world and 225^th in Talonia for Most Patriotic, with 13.89 flags saluted per person per day.