The Disputed Territories of New Arlandia is a massive, safe nation, ruled by José María León Borré with an iron fist, and remarkable for its anti-smoking policies, compulsory military service, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 4.766 billion Arlandese are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of General Zuazua. The average income tax rate is 25.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Arlandese economy, worth 289 trillion Peniques a year, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Woodchip Exports, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 60,640 Peniques, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Sullen teenagers in bright orange 'community payback' onesies can be seen picking litter at the roadside, the government is avowedly secular, the nation is famous for having one of the world's largest Bear hunting institutions, and traffic cops spend most of their work-hours calculating citizens' monthly income. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Arlandia's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Zoroastrianism.

New Arlandia is ranked 91,290^th in the world and 10^th in The Equator for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 45,419.7 Standard Monetary Units.