The Kingdom of Aresetia is a huge, safe nation, ruled by King Antoine II of Tyre with an iron fist, and notable for its otherworldly petting zoo, keen interest in outer space, and fear of technology. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 953 million Aresetians 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 medium-sized, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hiosianis. The average income tax rate is 46.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Aresetian economy, worth 86.3 trillion Ptinás a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 90,509 Ptinás, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Tourists visit Aresetia to mass-moon Aresetian politicians, women tell their friends they've been on crash diets rather than admit they were pregnant and have had terminations, children in school playgrounds can be heard chanting the hymns of the Order of Violet, and there are no longer any roads less traveled. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aresetia's national animal is the Aánis, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Aresetia is ranked 149,342^nd in the world and 736^th in Europe for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 798.6 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.