The Federation of Arris is a large, genial nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The quiet, industrious population of 94 million Arrisians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 38.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Arrisian economy, worth 2.76 trillion hugs a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Cheese Exports, and Information Technology. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 29,316 hugs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arris's national animal is the Stoat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Arris is ranked 62,275^th in the world and 209^th in Refugia for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 494.09 on the Clooney Contribution Index.