The Principality of The Agarthans is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Prince Alexandre I Fenik with an iron fist, and notable for its anti-smoking policies, lack of airports, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 2.646 billion Agarthans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Phoenix. The average income tax rate is 76.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Agarthansian economy, worth 377 trillion Fenikmarks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, highly specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Furniture Restoration. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 142,488 Fenikmarks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

No-one can foil the ambitions of Big Aluminium, slavers view "what did your last slave die of" as a request for a demonstration, the government regularly hires contractors to construct high rise apartments, and enthusiasm for abstract art has gone up in smoke. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Agarthans's national animal is the Phoenix, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Eastern Orthodoxy.

The Agarthans is ranked 196,843^rd in the world and 118^th in Fifth Empire for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 33,912.3 Standard Monetary Units.