The Federal Republic of Arboresia is a huge, safe nation, ruled by Sydney Martin with a fair hand, and remarkable for its daily referendums, absence of drug laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 961 million Arboresians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Luxen. The average income tax rate is 31.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Arboresian economy, worth 58.7 trillion Mackans a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 61,054 Mackans, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Prison visits increase substantially during election years, Arboresia has designated Luxen as its capital city, Sydney Martin has just been declared ruler of Arboresia in an international press conference, and men avoid even so much as looking at female colleagues. Crime is totally unknown. Arboresia's national animal is the Caribou, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Arboresia is ranked 268,170^th in the world and 10,248^th in Lazarus for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -9.32 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.