The Republic of Arachnist Paradise is a colossal, efficient nation, remarkable for its prohibition of alcohol, frequent executions, and avant-garde cinema. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 6.543 billion Arachnist Paradiseans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government stops and the rest of society begins, but it prioritizes Law & Order, although Defense, Administration, and Education are also considered important. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Arachnist Paradisean economy, worth a remarkable 1,914 trillion currencies a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, highly specialized black market in Basket Weaving and Arms Manufacturing. 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 292,576 currencies, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Bilingual Arachnist Paradiseans are viewed with suspicion, kitchen patrol is dominated by ten-year-old runts, workers tend to schedule naps during all-hands meetings, and hit TV show 'The eXecution Factor' is a critical success. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arachnist Paradise's national animal is the animal, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Arachnist Paradise is ranked 407^th in the world and 27^th in Vickenian experiment incubator for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 23,520.02 on the Gilded Widget Scale.