The Republic of Artburg is a massive, genial nation, ruled by President of Artburg with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, public floggings, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 1.67 billion Artburgians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Artburg City. The average income tax rate is 63.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Artburgian economy, worth 142 trillion Articleses a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 85,146 Articleses, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Preschoolers outnumber veteran politicians in government, it is rumoured that President of Artburg uses a magic 8-ball to make policy decisions, the government guarantees extra-soft tissues to fire-snorting elephants, and elderly tribespeople die in bed surrounded by loved ones and linguists. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Artburg's national animal is the Bears, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Diet Coke.

Artburg is ranked 32,727^th in the world and 1,423^rd in Osiris for Highest Poor Incomes, with 71,732.21 Standard Monetary Units.