The Commonwealth of Areyse is a mammoth, socially progressive nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, hard-working population of 9.534 billion Areyseans enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The tiny government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Welfare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 8.9%.

The strong Areysean economy, worth 630 trillion holocoins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Retail, and Gambling. Average income is 66,088 holocoins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.2 times as much as the poorest.

Clumsy self-injury is a viable claim in modern compensation culture, the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, TV shows must meet strict ethnicity quotas, and captains must wait until all rats are safe before jumping ship. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control. Areyse's national animal is the condor, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Areyse is ranked 169,841^st in the world and 1^st in Luminosity for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 66.71 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.