The Commonwealth of Arieri is a mid-sized, genial nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, state-planned economy, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 92 million Arierians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 55.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The basket case Arierian economy, worth 966 billion bitcoins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Pizza Delivery, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Book Publishing. Average income is 10,501 bitcoins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

People can't decide between preserving forests and buying print copies of 'Dogman Versus The Giggler', dozens of viewers go online to hear whether a comma has been added to Clause 5 in Subsection B of Law 58375, a niche industry catering to S&M enthusiasts has sprung up, and future forecasters fearfully discuss grey goo and human obsolescence. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arieri's national animal is the emu, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Arieri is ranked 240,221^st in the world and 3,071^st in The East Pacific for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 210.09 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.