The Futurist Golden Dragon State of Arante is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Holy Leader with an even hand, and renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 5.203 billion Aranteans are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small, corrupt, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Arante City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 27.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Arantean economy, worth 989 trillion bitcoins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Arms Manufacturing, and Tourism. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an impressive 190,234 bitcoins, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,110,532 per year while the poor average 15,332, a ratio of 72.4 to 1.

Kindhearted Aranteans generously pay taxes for citizens of other countries, retail stores are known for creating their own oddly-similar holidays in the months preceding any major festivity, the numbers on the latest spending report are reaching stellar levels, and faceless corporations are expected to assume parental responsibility over millions of teenagers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Arante's national animal is the golden Dragon, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is The Dragon Path of Eternal Wisdom.

Arante is ranked 250,591^st in the world and 345^th in Federation Of Sovereign States for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 532.45 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.