The Ethereal Empire of Arthropyria is a titanic, genial nation, ruled by Emperor Talong Mantisimus with a fair hand, and renowned for its parental licensing program, soft-spoken computers, and smutty television. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 13.592 billion Arthropods 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 large, socially-minded government prioritizes Education, although Administration, Environment, and Healthcare are also considered important, while Spirituality isn't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Incepion. The average income tax rate is 99.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Arthropyrian economy, worth a remarkable 3,484 trillion Aracheons a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an amazing 256,336 Aracheons, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Schoolchildren have more trading cards than flash cards in their backpacks, gift hampers filled with delicious beef jerky are sent to newly communist nations, protesters are up in arms over new nuclear power stations, and women give birth underneath so many blankets that the doctor can't feel the bump. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arthropyria's national animal is the Ohmu, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Entomolity.

Arthropyria is ranked 1,169^th in the world and 32^nd in the Pacific for Smartest Citizens, with 244.77 quips per hour.