The United Ingsocian States of Arstotzka Obristan is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Mikhail Biskut with an iron fist, and notable for its frequent executions, vat-grown people, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 2.564 billion Arstotzka Obristanians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Education, and Administration also on the agenda, while Spirituality is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Greater Metropolitan Paradizna. The average income tax rate is 79.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Arstotzka Obristanian economy, worth 429 trillion Kikopeks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 167,355 Kikopeks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Exceptionally talented workers are praised more than Revolutionary heroes, the nation is famous for bravely sending wave after wave of its soldiers until the enemy runs out of bullets, citizens seem fixated on 105m x 45m rectangles, and soldiers must key in their passwords every time they want to reload their weapons. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arstotzka Obristan's national animal is the Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Marxism.

Arstotzka Obristan is ranked 222,442^nd in the world and 1,337^th in The Communist Bloc for Safest, scoring 28.21 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.