The Exploratory Protectorate of Aravarth is a titanic, efficient nation, renowned for its spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-working population of 19.725 billion Aravarthians are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The relatively small, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Welfare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.6%.

The very strong Aravarthian economy, worth a remarkable 1,108 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 56,184 dollars, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 212,358 per year while the poor average 10,342, a ratio of 20.5 to 1.

Crime is a problem, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Aravarth's national animal is the panther, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Aravarth is ranked 246,741^st in the world and 20^th in The Amaranthine Isles for Safest, scoring 31.72 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.