The Arab Republic of Outlawed is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Al-Arsuzi with an iron fist, and renowned for its enslaved workforce, pith helmet sales, and strictly enforced bedtime. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 21.856 billion Arabs are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Damascus. The average income tax rate is 97.3%.

The all-consuming Arab economy, worth a remarkable 5,777 trillion Slaves a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, highly specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Furniture Restoration, and Basket Weaving. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 264,355 Slaves, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Coast Guard is pioneering a quixotic program to train fish, small shoes often wash up on the beach, the words 'private' and 'enterprise' must never appear in the same sentence, and flatulent people are left to die of cancer at the end of hospital waiting lists. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Outlawed's national animal is the Snake, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Ba'athism.

Outlawed is ranked 454^th in the world and 6^th in Psychotic Dictatorships for Largest Black Market, with 10,143 trillion Standard Monetary Units.