The Republic of Arty Forces 10 is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, ban on automobiles, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed population of 712 million Arty Forces 10ians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The minute government, or what there is of one, is primarily concerned with Defense, with Education and Administration also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Social Policy aren't funded at all. The average income tax rate is 7.1%.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Arty Forces 10ian economy, worth 17.6 trillion Colors a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Beef-Based Agriculture, Book Publishing, Cheese Exports, and Information Technology. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 24,781 Colors, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.8 times as much as the poorest.

Power to the people comes from the barrel of a gun, drill sergeants yell in the ears of bespectacled nerds in cybermilitary "reboot camps", sneezing pedestrians are grabbed by alley-lurking doctors, and the government is pouring money into 'Operation Enduring Democracy'. Crime is a problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Arty Forces 10's national animal is the Butterfly, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Arty Forces 10 is ranked 210,977^th in the world and 3,108^th in eta for Highest Drug Use, scoring 88.9 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.