The Cybernetic Utopia of Steampunk Ariel is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by S'C'U'T'T'L'E with an even hand, and renowned for its daily referendums, unlimited-speed roads, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, hard-working, cheerful population of 7.018 billion Cybernetic Mermaids enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Atlantica. The average income tax rate is 71.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Cybernetic economy, worth 860 trillion seashells a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 122,683 seashells, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

The delay between passed legislation and real world implementation is often a decade or longer, folk are absolutely certain that you can never be absolutely certain, Saturday morning cartoons feature full frontal nudity, and students do more community service than homework. Crime is totally unknown. Steampunk Ariel's national animal is the clockwork crayon ponyfish, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Animism.

Steampunk Ariel is ranked 15,854^th in the world and 777^th in The North Pacific for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 8,416.65 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.