The Absolute Monarchy of Arryia is a mammoth, orderly nation, ruled by Shah Quathar Perooz II with an iron fist, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, zero percent divorce rate, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 5.675 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, with Education, Law & Order, and Administration also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Social Policy aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Persepolis. The average income tax rate is 71.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Arryian economy, worth 766 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. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 135,062 Tomen, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

The government endows universities based on clearly demonstrated greed, a petition to improve Arryian literacy is mostly signed with cross-marks, bike rage is all the rage, and there's always a Bigtopian willing to eat Shah Quathar Perooz II's table scraps. 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 324,617^th in the world and 197^th in Fifth Empire for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 12.1 on the Kitten Softness Rating.