The Absolute Monarchy of Arryia is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Shah Quathar Perooz II with an iron fist, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, avowedly heterosexual populace, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 3.296 billion Arryians 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Education, Law & Order, and Administration are also considered important, while Spirituality and International Aid receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Persepolis. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 66.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Arryian economy, worth 393 trillion Tomen a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Basket Weaving, and Information Technology. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 119,256 Tomen, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 575,353 per year while the poor average 14,371, a ratio of 40.0 to 1.

Arryians are regularly fired for looking at MyFace during their lunch breaks, pre-schoolers who draw stick figures of their favorite celebrities are sued for infringing image rights, the nation is weighing the price of victory following a nuclear strike, and all music has been banned. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arryia's national animal is the Asiatic Lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Zoroastrianism.

Arryia is ranked 279,734^th in the world and 22^nd in The Alliance of Absolute Monarchs for Nicest Citizens, with 0.38 average smiles per day.