The Republic of Arty Forces 10 is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its ban on automobiles, parental licensing program, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 570 million Arty Forces 10ians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The minute government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. The average income tax rate is 7.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Arty Forces 10ian economy, worth 12.9 trillion Colors a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Beef-Based Agriculture, Book Publishing, Cheese Exports, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 22,609 Colors, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Students can name the chiefs of proto-Bigtopian tribes before they can count to ten, inter-species marriages are ignored by the government, endangered species are effective hostages against the Arty Forces 10ian military, and the sun rises an hour later on border communities. Crime is moderate, probably because of the absence of a police force. Arty Forces 10's national animal is the Butterfly, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Arty Forces 10 is ranked 243,524^th in the world and 4,073^rd in eta for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 93.89 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.