The Futurist Golden Dragon State of Arante is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Holy Leader with an even hand, and notable for its complete lack of prisons, otherworldly petting zoo, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 5.168 billion Aranteans are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small, corrupt, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Arante City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 27.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Arantean economy, worth 983 trillion bitcoins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Arms Manufacturing, and Tourism. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an impressive 190,234 bitcoins, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,110,532 per year while the poor average 15,332, a ratio of 72.4 to 1.

Kindhearted Aranteans generously pay taxes for citizens of other countries, retail stores are known for creating their own oddly-similar holidays in the months preceding any major festivity, the numbers on the latest spending report are reaching stellar levels, and faceless corporations are expected to assume parental responsibility over millions of teenagers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Arante's national animal is the golden Dragon, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is The Dragon Path of Eternal Wisdom.

Arante is ranked 8,543^rd in the world and 9^th in Federation Of Sovereign States for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 453.21 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.