The Empire of Ares Minor is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Hill Jones with a fair hand, and remarkable for its burgeoning sparrow population. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 19.242 billion Areans enjoy frequent elections, which are uniformly corrupted by big-spending corporations buying politicians who best suit their interests.

The medium-sized, moralistic, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Aresta. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 21.0%.

The very strong Ares Minorian economy, worth 868 trillion Euros a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Furniture Restoration, and Book Publishing. Average income is 45,122 Euros, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 137,838 per year while the poor average 11,448, a ratio of 12.0 to 1.

Nihilism has been named as Ares Minor's national religion, Ares Minor has designated Aresta as its capital city, and Hill Jones has just been declared ruler of Ares Minor in an international press conference. Crime is moderate, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Ares Minor's national animal is the sparrow, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Nihilism.

Ares Minor is ranked 112,344^th in the world and 4^th in Kerala for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 50 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.