The Republic of ARF Trooper 16 is a massive, genial nation, notable for its public floggings. The compassionate, hard-working population of 1.554 billion ARF Trooper 16ians 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Social Policy, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 31.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The ARF Trooper 16ian economy, worth 76.1 trillion Credits a year, is quite specialized and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Automobile Manufacturing, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 48,943 Credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Children's TV shows are having a gay old time, extreme hiring regulations mean a job in ARF Trooper 16 is often a lifetime appointment, the news is showing footage of Leader bullying an old man to the point of tears, and Leader can often be seen hanging around playgrounds chatting with the kids. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. ARF Trooper 16's national animal is the Droid, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

ARF Trooper 16 is ranked 155,073^rd in the world and 2,865^th in eta for Least Corrupt Governments, with 93.17 percentage of bribes refused.