The United Socialist States of Aresthia is a very large, cultured nation, renowned for its soft-spoken computers, infamous sell-swords, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 478 million Aresthians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 73.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Aresthian economy, worth 33.1 trillion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 69,160 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Prisoners regularly escape detention posing as scarecrows, only AIs know why the nation is rapidly increasing its semiconductor stockpile, water fights now end with thousands dead, and Aresthia has designated Aresthia City as its capital city. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aresthia's national animal is the dwarf rabbit, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Aresthia is ranked 21,817^th in the world and 132^nd in Refugia for Nicest Citizens, with 22.3 average smiles per day.