The Liberated States of ARIsyan- is a massive, genial nation, ruled by abdullah ocahlan with a fair hand, and remarkable for its state-planned economy, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.667 billion Freedomites 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 enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Healthcare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Erbil and Diyarbakir. The average income tax rate is 71.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant ARIsyan-ian economy, worth 25.4 trillion labour tokens a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 9,536 labour tokens, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Running away is an essential part of the elite forces' hand-to-hand training, all animals are equal but some are more equal than others, the government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one, and elementary school students are required to master Bach's Chaconne in D before graduation. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. ARIsyan-'s national animal is the Aigle D'or, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

ARIsyan- is ranked 177,956^th in the world and 58^th in Callista for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 55.32 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.