The United Socialist States of Aresthia is a very large, cultured nation, notable for its frequent executions, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 261 million Aresthians 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, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 72.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Aresthian economy, worth 17.6 trillion dollars 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 led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 67,359 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Proletariat workers identify less with the hammer and sickle and more with the touchscreen and phone charger, the government sends submarines to retrieve bodies from shipwrecked submarines, there's a lot of hot air coming from the Capitol Building, and the fire brigade often deal with cases of burnt toast. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aresthia's national animal is the dwarf rabbit, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Aresthia is ranked 107,612^th in the world and 132^nd in Refugia for Highest Average Incomes, with 67,359.82 Standard Monetary Units.