The Socialist Federal Republic of Arsula is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Agustin with a fair hand, and renowned for its state-planned economy, conspicuous electricity pylons, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.071 billion Arsulans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, socially-minded government prioritizes Education, with Welfare, Administration, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while Spirituality receives no funds. The average income tax rate is 83.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Arsulan economy, worth 177 trillion Pesos a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Retail. Average income is 85,629 Pesos, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Children are brainwashed at a young age to accept "love and peace!" as a way of life, soldiers find that home gadgets and power tools are more effective as improvised weapons than the guns they've been issued, cotton candy made from genuine cotton cellulose doesn't quite satisfy, and the armed forces pride themselves on being conventional and predictable. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arsula's national animal is the Puma, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Arsula is ranked 316,335^th in the world and 158^th in Democratic Socialist Assembly for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -9.63 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.