The Armed Republic of Arycillia is a very large, cultured nation, notable for its disturbing lack of elderly people, compulsory military service, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 378 million Arycillians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 45.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Arycillian economy, worth 20.0 trillion marks a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 52,919 marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Red rinses are frequently applied to grey hair, Arycillia City has restaurants serving every meat from aardvark to zebra, midnight raids drag couples from their homes in the name of decency, and Leader's opponents have adopted dogs to chase away the mailman. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arycillia's national animal is the horse, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Arycillia is ranked 297,336^th in the world and 236^th in Empire of Great Britain for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 30.24 on the Kitten Softness Rating.