The Republic of Arty Forces 1 is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its infamous sell-swords, compulsory military service, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate population of 949 million Arty Forces 1ians 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, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 34.7%.

The Arty Forces 1ian economy, worth 40.3 trillion Colors a year, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 42,453 Colors, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.4 times as much as the poorest.

Prodigal children celebrate as charitable bequests plummet, the government has strong opinions about what goes into your bodily orifices, doctors refer to inner-cities as newbie zones, and money can't buy you love but you can purchase a reasonable approximation of it. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arty Forces 1's national animal is the Butterfly, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Arty Forces 1 is ranked 39,700^th in the world and 1^st in Warzone Australia for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 4,258.59 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.