The Republic of Arliz196 is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its disturbing lack of elderly people, parental licensing program, and avowedly heterosexual populace. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 1.297 billion Arliz196ians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 64.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Arliz196ian economy, worth 128 trillion arils a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 98,857 arils, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Polygraphs are relegated to the dungeon exhibit in castle museums, Arliz196ian dissenters are begging human rights groups to ignore them, nuclear warheads are frequently launched into space as a warning to invading meteoroids, and scientists recently cloned the long-extinct feather-bellied rainbow jay. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arliz196's national animal is the rainbow jay, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Arliz196 is ranked 233,861^st in the world and 646^th in ArilCards Inc for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring -5.05 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.