The Republic of Arlizploot is a massive, cultured nation, renowned for its disturbing lack of elderly people, punitive income tax rates, and compulsory gun ownership. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 1.186 billion Arlizplootians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 69.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Arlizplootian economy, worth 118 trillion arils a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 100,165 arils, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Oilmen are in the business of greasing people's palms, the Arlizploot City Prison Revue puts on a better stage show than anything in the Theatre District, eminent domain has been abolished, and the numbers on the latest spending report are reaching stellar levels. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arlizploot's national animal is the rainbow jay, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Arlizploot is ranked 281,471^st in the world and 1,876^th in ArilCards Inc for Largest Black Market, with 64.0 billion Standard Monetary Units.