The Republic of Atharva is a fledgling, safe nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and suspicion of poets. The devout population of 6 million Atharvans 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Education, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 48.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Atharvan economy, worth 227 billion Rupees a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 37,844 Rupees, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

All major public areas are watched by police surveillance cameras, scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, Tom and Jerry cartoons have cat and mouse resolving their problems with reasoned discussion, and a large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Atharva's national animal is the Lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Atharva is ranked 97,835^th in the world and 334^th in Horizon for Least Corrupt Governments, with 93.49 percentage of bribes refused.