The Free Land of Arostica is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Prime Minister with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, soft-spoken computers, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 1.323 billion Arosticans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Arostic Ctiy. The average income tax rate is 49.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Arostican economy, worth 114 trillion Arostican Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Automobile Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is 86,431 Arostican Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The ruling party has a devil of a time keeping order in the ranks, the jails are alive with the sound of birdsong, bread-gangs raid restaurant waste bins to stockpile uneaten rolls, and citizens are encouraged to show displeasure with politicians by poking them with sharp metal sticks. Crime is totally unknown. Arostica's national animal is the Domestic Feline, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Arostica is ranked 147,771^st in the world and 6,253^rd in The North Pacific for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring 890.37 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.