The Colony of Arbor Ants is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Queen with an even hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, avant-garde cinema, and ban on automobiles. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 8.153 billion Arbor Antsians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Colony City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 46.4%.

The thriving Arbor Antsian economy, worth 668 trillion honeydews a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 82,019 honeydews, with the richest citizens earning 8.3 times as much as the poorest.

Sports club owners are having a moneyball, veterans are directed into environmental cleanup operations, the police strictly enforce off-limit zones for tourists, and the police insist that racism does not exist. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arbor Ants's national animal is the aphid, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Antifa.

Arbor Ants is ranked 281,979^th in the world and 5,738^th in The North Pacific for Most Extreme, scoring 5.51 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.