The Republic of Arsenal Site 97 is a tiny, genial nation, remarkable for its irreverence towards religion. The cynical population of 10 million Arsenal Site 97ians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 31.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The fair Arsenal Site 97ian economy, worth 338 billion rubles a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Trout Farming, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 33,888 rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arsenal Site 97's national animal is the horse.

Arsenal Site 97 is ranked 232,648^th in the world and 1,575^th in the Rejected Realms for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 4,530.26 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.