The People's Republic of The Arstotzkan Democratic Republic is a huge, efficient nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, pith helmet sales, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 687 million Arstotzkans are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The relatively small, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Welfare, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.7%.

The very strong Arstotzkan economy, worth 52.9 trillion credits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 76,995 credits, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 280,161 per year while the poor average 15,048, a ratio of 18.6 to 1.

The nation's soldiers are considered the best-dressed in Changuu, deceased politicians' MyFace profiles are unanimously pro-incumbent, several citizens have complained about scientists abducting their pets for experimentation, and parking's carefree without parking car fees. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Arstotzkan Democratic Republic's national animal is the red-tailed eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

The Arstotzkan Democratic Republic is ranked 288,060^th in the world and 89^th in Changuu for Most Beautiful Environments, with 48.64 pounds of wildlife per square mile.