The Arstotzka Union of Of Emptiness is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Inspector with an iron fist, and notable for its complete lack of prisons, frequent executions, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 1.187 billion entrants are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Airstrip One. The average income tax rate is 41.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Arstotzka economy, worth 144 trillion entry approval stamps a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 121,382 entry approval stamps, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Obstetricians are not allowed to publish ultrasound pictures of fetuses in medical journals, the government regularly reassures citizens that there are no monsters under their beds, young men in tiny bikinis draw neither comment nor stares on the morning commute, and people often get liposuction to reduce their air fares. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Of Emptiness's national animal is the book, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Dystopianism.

Of Emptiness is ranked 23,661^st in the world and 836^th in The North Pacific for Largest Black Market, with 14.6 trillion Standard Monetary Units.