The The Conservitive Nation of Arbor cortice is a massive, orderly nation, renowned for its frequent executions, compulsory military service, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 1.071 billion Arbor corticeans are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The tiny, pro-business government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Education, Administration, and Industry also on the agenda, while Spirituality and International Aid aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Braysting City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.7%.

The thriving Arbor corticean economy, worth 65.1 trillion Arborese dollars a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Furniture Restoration, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 60,738 Arborese dollars, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 246,265 per year while the poor average 9,971, a ratio of 24.7 to 1.

Drill sergeants yell in the ears of bespectacled nerds in cybermilitary "reboot camps", citizens are prohibited from raising their voice above thirty decibels in commercial districts, lawyers spend as much time preparing their make-up as they do their briefs, and babies are a small but significant export. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Arbor cortice's national animal is the Maine Coon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Arbor cortice is ranked 211,586^th in the world and 2^nd in Land of Clos for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 807.75 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.