The United States of Arneria-Irpa is a mammoth, socially progressive nation, ruled by Edmund Singer with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and national health service. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 5.733 billion Arnerian-Irpans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Anniera. The average income tax rate is 94.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Arneria-Irpan economy, worth 958 trillion Jerms a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 167,135 Jerms, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.0 times as much as the poorest.

The state auctions off combat drones to fund war reparations, class boundaries start and end with the firmness of local tomatoes, whales in captivity live in little more than glorified goldfish bowls, and guilt tripped foreigners heavily dictate child hunger in Arneria-Irpa. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arneria-Irpa's national animal is the Ghost, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Thingamajigism.

Arneria-Irpa is ranked 4,893^rd in the world and 2^nd in THE REGION OF THE LOST BACTERIA for Most Cultured, scoring 161 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.