The Federation of The United Lakes oF Artic is a small, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its parental licensing program, frequent executions, and zero percent divorce rate. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 23 million Articas enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 21.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Articish economy, worth 870 billion Pounds a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 37,847 Pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Soldiers stream their classified military operations live for millions of fans, meetings involving club finances are frequently broken up by men in black suits, police regularly arrest families playing Monopoly, and diplomatic missions typically end with a flurry of childish insults, accusations and phlegm. Crime is totally unknown. The United Lakes oF Artic's national animal is the kitsune, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The United Lakes oF Artic is ranked 235,499^th in the world and 764^th in The Frontier Sea for Most Developed, scoring 52.36 on the Human Development Index.