The Republic of Arbitey is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 716 million Arbiteyians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Marisol Heights. The average income tax rate is 70.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Arbiteyian economy, worth 74.5 trillion Arbiteyian Dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 104,066 Arbiteyian Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Truancy officers have a hard time catching children trained in advanced camouflage skills, Arbitey has been recently classified as an international menace after 'liberating' several nearby territories, preschools put children down for naps with milk, cookies, and a gruesome story of vengeance, and short shrift is being given to applications for political asylum from illegal immigrants. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arbitey's national animal is the Northern Eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Arbitey is ranked 61,717^th in the world and 17^th in Merkopa for Highest Average Incomes, with 104,066.77 Standard Monetary Units.