The Republic of ARF Trooper 4 is a massive, genial nation, remarkable for its daily referendums, pith helmet sales, and parental licensing program. The compassionate, devout population of 1.504 billion ARF Trooper 4ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 40.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient ARF Trooper 4ian economy, worth 61.5 trillion Credits a year, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 40,918 Credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Translators have been hired to deal with the varying regional accents during national political debates, it is a common belief that a sport isn't sport if there are no decapitations, politicians preface their speeches with a declaration that any resemblance to speeches given by individuals living or dead is purely coincidental, and black market eau de toilette is made in bathroom labs across the nation. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. ARF Trooper 4's national animal is the Droid, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

ARF Trooper 4 is ranked 123,336^th in the world and 2^nd in The Mystic Council for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 1,419.13 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.