The Republic of Arbitey is a huge, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its vat-grown people, sprawling nuclear power plants, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 566 million Arbiteyians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Marisol Heights. The average income tax rate is 67.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Arbiteyian economy, worth 59.2 trillion Arbiteyian Dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 104,649 Arbiteyian Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Cigarettes are dead-cheap, Arbiteyians seem to be catching more chills, teams of painters are converting road signs from horse lengths to kilometers, and cassocked priests and choirboys believe that what happens behind closed doors stays behind closed doors. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arbitey's national animal is the Northern Eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Arbitey is ranked 38,321^st in the world and 8^th in Merkopa for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 2,326.27 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.