The Grand Imperial Republic of Aarman is a mammoth, safe nation, ruled by Emperor Shane with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, ban on automobiles, and prohibition of alcohol. The compassionate population of 8.414 billion Aarmaneans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Shandria. The average income tax rate is 86.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Aarmanian economy, worth 811 trillion aureuses a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 96,391 aureuses, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Where there's a will there is usually a password manager, citizens are exhausted from weekly general elections, cyclists spend more time unlocking their bicycles than they do cycling, and lobotomies haven't been the same after the practice was severed. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aarman's national animal is the sheep, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Aarman is ranked 298,361^st in the world and 83^rd in The Union of Democratic States for Fattest Citizens, with 4.8 Obesity Rate.