The Socialist Republic of Arsula is a massive, genial nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.096 billion Arsulans 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 enormous, socially-minded government prioritizes Education, although Administration, Welfare, and Healthcare are also considered important, while Spirituality is ignored. The average income tax rate is 84.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Arsulan economy, worth 179 trillion Pesos 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 dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Retail. Average income is 85,454 Pesos, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Census workers struggle to account for the rapidly increasing number of citizens to tabulate, cricket farmers use magnifying glasses to fit every member of their herd with tiny tracking tags, the government mails weekly updates on the new anti-junk mail laws to every citizen, and the consent form for routine blood pressure measurement has been nominated for the 'Novel Of The Year' award. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arsula's national animal is the Puma, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Arsula is ranked 288,138^th in the world and 109^th in Democratic Socialist Assembly for Largest Black Market, with 45.0 billion Standard Monetary Units.