The Dominion of Areour is a tiny, safe nation, notable for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 8 million Areourians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 37.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The fragile Areourian economy, worth 174 billion Rubles a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 21,801 Rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The bonfire of the old paper records can be seen for miles around Areour City, the Areourian football team for the Maxxmas ceasefire consists only of Intelligence Corps personnel, the government is making attempts at curtailing the flood of spam emails with little progress, and mandatory electronic currency is a boon for credit card companies and government surveillance. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Areour's national animal is the Eel, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Areour is ranked 148,912^th in the world and 1^st in Lowercasist for Longest Average Lifespans, with 70.37 years.