The Jingoistic States of The Arson is a tiny, socially progressive nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, irreverence towards religion, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 10 million Arsonians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The tiny, pro-business, outspoken government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Law & Order and Administration also on the agenda, while Spirituality and International Aid are ignored. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.2%.

The strong Arsonian economy, worth 511 billion Rashers a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Gambling, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 51,132 Rashers, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 306,518 per year while the poor average 3,866, a ratio of 79.3 to 1.

Citizens are barcoded to keep track of their movements, the tenet of free speech is held dear, TV shows must meet strict ethnicity quotas, and contestants on The Arson's Got Talent are screened by the government to make sure that they actually have talent. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. The Arson's national animal is the Thing, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

The Arson is ranked 56,148^th in the world and 4^th in QA nerds for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 79.69 on the Bus Surprisal Index.