The Armed Republic of Athrodia is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, public floggings, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 920 million Athrodians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The enormous, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Jupita. The average income tax rate is 70.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Athrodian economy, worth 70.0 trillion Athrodian Pesos a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 76,104 Athrodian Pesos, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Civil servants refuse to enforce government regulations for fear of wider economic impact, a niche industry catering to S&M enthusiasts has sprung up, the new one Athrodian Pesos coin also makes a handy throwing-star, and children wondering what happens to pets after they die are shown where the compost heap is. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Athrodia's national animal is the Praying Mantis, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Athrodia is ranked 289,062^nd in the world and 269^th in Aesica for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 24.31 on the Bus Surprisal Index.