The Empire of Artannia is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Empress Maria Artannina III with an even hand, and remarkable for its national health service, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cheerful population of 7.198 billion Artanns enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Artanna. The average income tax rate is 73.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Artannian economy, worth 971 trillion Dynnars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 134,958 Dynnars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The richest individuals apparently buy nothing but noodles and toilet paper, most people suffer from some form of hearing loss, factories are regularly demolished to make way for low-cost housing areas, and power stations shutting down at night has made bedtime reading tricky. Crime is totally unknown. Artannia's national animal is the Artannian Winged Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Artannian Orthodoxy.

Artannia is ranked 162,292^nd in the world and 105^th in The Free Nations Region for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 36,034.02 Standard Monetary Units.