The Kingdom of Aresetia is a huge, safe nation, ruled by King Antoine II of Tyre with an iron fist, and remarkable for its public floggings, compulsory military service, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 959 million Aresetians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hiosianis. The average income tax rate is 46.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Aresetian economy, worth 88.3 trillion Ptinás a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 92,116 Ptinás, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Business leaders are mailing King Antoine II of Tyre forged birth certificates in a bid to win their rivals as serfs, school kids who pretend to drive imaginary cars get a social worker and a police observer assigned to them, RPG fans reminisce fondly about when people thought they were evil and dangerous rather than geeky and socially inept, and legions of police officers force people to move into massive urban apartments. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aresetia's national animal is the Aánis, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Aresetia is ranked 55,847^th in the world and 637^th in Europe for Safest, scoring 101.18 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.