The Socialist Republic of Arsula is a massive, efficient nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space, national health service, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.194 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, although Administration, Welfare, and Healthcare are also considered important, while Spirituality is ignored. The average income tax rate is 86.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Arsulan economy, worth 205 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, Retail, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 93,548 Pesos, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Elections have become procedural nightmares due to voters persistently rejecting candidates, residents are readily ratting out rats in restaurants, gift hampers filled with delicious beef jerky are sent to newly communist nations, and the World Socialist Republic Games have been won again by Arsula as no other country cares enough to compete. 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 15,514^th in the world and 60^th in Democratic Socialist Assembly for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 5,475.49 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.