The Ethereal Empire of Arthropyria is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Emperor Talong Mantisimus with a fair hand, and renowned for its otherworldly petting zoo, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 8.27 billion Arthropods are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Incepion. The average income tax rate is 97.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Arthropyrian economy, worth a remarkable 1,554 trillion Aracheons a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 187,943 Aracheons, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

One does not simply walk into the tundra, kindergartners' favourite dance move is the stop-drop-and-roll, owning a fishing rod can cause you to be subject to military questioning, and sharing vacation pictures requires written consent from the entire beach resort. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arthropyria's national animal is the Ohmu, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Entomolity.

Arthropyria is ranked 290,733^rd in the world and 4,075^th in the Pacific for Most Corrupt Governments, with 0.25 kickbacks per hour.