The Federated Directorate of Arathaea is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Prime Director Arathaea Alterion with a fair hand, and remarkable for its daily referendums, absence of drug laws, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, democratic, cheerful population of 24.814 billion Arathaeans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal government prioritizes Education, with Defense, Environment, and Social Policy also on the agenda, while Spirituality receives no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Arathaea City. The average income tax rate is 97.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Arathaean economy, worth a remarkable 5,509 trillion araths a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 222,051 araths, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Advert breaks are played at lower volumes to make them easier to ignore, no one is quite sure what many government officials look like, the nation's navy has been named the scourge of the seven thousand seas, and citizens finish cleaning up after the annual National Treasure Hunt just in time for the next one. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arathaea's national animal is the greater twin-tailed serval, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Arathaea is ranked 282,543^rd in the world and 10,829^th in Osiris for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 5,329.23 Standard Monetary Units.