The Free Land of Artificera is a tiny, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, frequent executions, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate population of 10 million Artificerans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 15.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Artificeran economy, worth 463 billion Stories a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 46,324 Stories, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

The government is financing an extremely costly war against malaria, former stunt pilots are unable to pass the licence test to fly a drone, the nation's laws on image rights are amongst the strictest in the world, and rundown towns are frequently sold to billionaires for their pet projects. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Artificera's national animal is the Companion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Artificera is ranked 139,413^th in the world and 355^th in Horizon for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 39,004.99 Standard Monetary Units.