The Most Serene Republic of Arlanda is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by President RD Houston with a fair hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, triple-decker prams, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 3.753 billion Arlandans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Arlanda City. The average income tax rate is 96.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Arlandan economy, worth 735 trillion Serenes a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 195,977 Serenes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Wealthy pranksters dump refuse on unsuspecting citizens from up high, there's nothing more rock-and-roll than absolute sobriety, apples shaped like baguettes have become a strange new food fad, and sports club owners are having a moneyball. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arlanda's national animal is the Sire Goldfinch, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Christianity - Serene Church of Arlanda.

Arlanda is ranked 161,590^th in the world and 583^rd in The Frontier Sea for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 1,229.02 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.