The Holy Empire of Arbitrias is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Pope Stephen VI with an iron fist, and notable for its strictly enforced bedtime, prohibition of alcohol, and triple-decker prams. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 10.692 billion Arbitraens are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The enormous, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Babilon. The average income tax rate is 88.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Arbitrian economy, worth a remarkable 1,346 trillion Dragon Droppings a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 125,973 Dragon Droppings, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

The government is encouraging violence on television, space has been brought down to earth with constellations of cancer cases across Arbitrias, the nation's new foreign policy of 'very disproportionate retribution' has its neighbors on edge, and people who are too good at riffle shuffling get disappeared by the secret police. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arbitrias's national animal is the Dragon, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Latinist-Papist.

Arbitrias is ranked 11,338^th in the world and 1^st in The Shire for Lowest Crime Rates, with 98.82 law-abiding acts per hour.