The Republic of ARC Trooper 19 is a massive, safe nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed population of 1.401 billion ARC Trooper 19ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Healthcare, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 38.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient ARC Trooper 19ian economy, worth 54.6 trillion Credits a year, is quite specialized and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Pizza Delivery. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 38,997 Credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Mantis shrimp studies is academia's fastest-growing field, the police double as repo men, doctors refer to inner-cities as newbie zones, and compass sales have gone south. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. ARC Trooper 19's national animal is the Droid, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

ARC Trooper 19 is ranked 223,964^th in the world and 3,579^th in eta for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 755.34 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.