The Grand Imperial Republic of Aarman is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Emperor Shane with an even hand, and notable for its ban on automobiles, pith helmet sales, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate population of 8.627 billion Aarmaneans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Shandria. The average income tax rate is 90.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Aarmanian economy, worth 916 trillion aureuses a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 106,231 aureuses, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Hospitals are amongst the best-funded in the region, citizens who plan overseas vacations are barred from running for political office, Aarmanian military drills look more like joint-The Union of Democratic States exercises than anything else, and Aarman is notorious for its citizens' infidelity. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aarman's national animal is the sheep, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Aarman is ranked 40,104^th in the world and 28^th in The Union of Democratic States for Most Developed, scoring 79.87 on the Human Development Index.