The Federation of Aritsi is a tiny, orderly nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-working, cynical population of 9 million Aritsians enjoy great individual freedoms in everything except elections, which, where they exist at all, are populist shams for a dictatorship government that has no intention of ever giving up power.

The minute, liberal, pro-business, well-organized government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.7%.

The thriving Aritsian economy, worth 650 billion Anils a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration, Basket Weaving, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 72,229 Anils, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 255,669 per year while the poor average 14,733, a ratio of 17.4 to 1.

Crime is a serious problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Aritsi's national animal is the Deer, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Aritsi is ranked 189,499^th in the world and 10^th in Ridgefield for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 600.66 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.