The Region Keeper of Aril is a colossal, efficient nation, renowned for its ban on automobiles, disturbing lack of elderly people, and daily referendums. The cynical, humorless, devout population of 3.469 billion Arilians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 76.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Arilian economy, worth 461 trillion arils a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Cheese Exports. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 132,968 arils, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

Naturists are jailed regularly for indecent exposure, welfare recipients are milking the government for all they've got, police regularly arrest families playing Monopoly, and music award shows include surprise polygraph segments. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aril's national animal is the rainbow jay, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Aril is ranked 25,708^th in the world and 1^st in Cataclyst Order for Smartest Citizens, with 60.86 quips per hour.