The People's Soviet Republic of AraArea is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Chairwoman Ariane with an iron fist, and remarkable for its national health service, public floggings, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, cynical population of 8.38 billion AraAreans are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Yurigrad. The average income tax rate is 96.9%.

The frighteningly efficient AraArean economy, worth a remarkable 1,476 trillion DRS a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 176,184 DRS, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A blood-red mark on the doorframe means a building must be passed over for destruction, UFO sightings are listed daily in the morning news, the endangered saltwater humpback Cougar is only seen in captivity programs, and shady doctors seem to have impeccable records. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. AraArea's national animal is the Cougar, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

AraArea is ranked 327,424^th in the world and 6^th in Acehs for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -16.19 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.