The Republic of Arunika is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, pith helmet sales, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 737 million Arunikans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Eunoia. The average income tax rate is 47.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Arunikan economy, worth 95.9 trillion Runes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 130,133 Runes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Paper and ink publications are subsidised by the government to keep them in the black, a primitive society is being eroded as its youth flock to the modern world, there's a mortuary next to every Arunikan restaurant, and Brancalandian Brie isn't available anywhere in Arunika. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arunika's national animal is the Crow, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Arunika is ranked 54,291^st in the world and 1,854^th in The East Pacific for Largest Retail Industry, scoring 4,012.66 on the Shrinkwrap Consignment Productivity Index.