The Island of Arnelle is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Fangorn Slate with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and unlimited-speed roads. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 2.089 billion Arnelleans 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 medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ellestrough. The average income tax rate is 64.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Arnellean economy, worth 243 trillion Elles a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Trout Farming, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 116,460 Elles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Dictionary sales have hit an all-time high, insurers refuse to offer service to anyone within a mile of the coast, the nation's holy places are littered with doughnut crumbs, and libraries are now installed with jacuzzis and mini-bars. Crime is totally unknown. Arnelle's national animal is the Elleger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Norse.

Arnelle is ranked 192,531^st in the world and 888^th in the Plains of Perdition for Least Corrupt Governments, with 92.78 percentage of bribes refused.