The Republic of Arty 10 is a very large, safe nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, public floggings, and suspicion of poets. The quiet, industrious population of 285 million Arty 10ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 28.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Arty 10ian economy, worth 11.0 trillion Colors 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 led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 38,522 Colors, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Army rations are served on silver platters, Arty 10 is sometimes referred to as the global janitor, the "boy who cried wolf" policy makes sick people reluctant to call an ambulance, and young girls aren't having a ball but they are enjoying themselves. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arty 10's national animal is the Butterfly, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Arty 10 is ranked 55,578^th in the world and 22^nd in Card Mine of Arty for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 3,690.09 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.