The Republic of Arienos is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Consul Harrison with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, sprawling nuclear power plants, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 17.936 billion Arenosians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The tiny, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Arenburg. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Arienosian economy, worth a remarkable 8,739 trillion Republic Credits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 487,252 Republic Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Arienos successfully hosted the The Kingdom of Great Britain Olympics, politicians tend to speak more loudly and slowly these days, the nation's atlases tend to go out of date every few weeks, and obstetricians are not allowed to publish ultrasound pictures of fetuses in medical journals. Crime is totally unknown. Arienos's national animal is the Buzzard, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Arienos is ranked 39,439^th in the world and 14^th in The Kingdom of Great Britain for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 2,349.34 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.