The Grand Imperial Republic of Aarman is a mammoth, safe nation, ruled by Emperor Shane with an even hand, and notable for its teetotalling pirates, museums and concert halls, and ubiquitous missile silos. The compassionate population of 8.454 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 87.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Aarmanian economy, worth 849 trillion aureuses a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 100,528 aureuses, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Debates on whether toilet seats should be left up or down are increasingly commonplace, terrorism and assassination are tried-and-true methods of political activism, commuters and their desktops both bemoan their hard drives, and government election advice reads like a restaurant menu. 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 63,997^th in the world and 35^th in The Union of Democratic States for Highest Average Incomes, with 100,528.14 Standard Monetary Units.