The Artist of Art Landia is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Oliver Marlove with an iron fist, and renowned for its zero percent divorce rate, complete lack of public education, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 2.864 billion Arts are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The minute, corrupt, well-organized government, or what there is of one, is effectively ruled by the Department of Industry, with Social Policy and Defense not funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rumbla Place. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Art Landian economy, worth 229 trillion Colors a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with significant contributions from Gambling, Woodchip Exports, and Cheese Exports. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 80,264 Colors, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 461,315 per year while the poor average 6,708, a ratio of 68.8 to 1.

Personal injury lawyers are demanding compensation from the government after recent reductions in manufacturer liability, a petition to improve Art Landian literacy is mostly signed with cross-marks, Violet blesses the rains down in The North Pacific, and bank robbers always set aside 50% of the loot to pay off the judge. Crime, especially youth-related, is pervasive, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Art Landia's national animal is the Cow, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Creatoranity | Flemgovian.

Art Landia is ranked 277,033^rd in the world and 4,503^rd in The North Pacific for Highest Poor Incomes, with 6,708.7 Standard Monetary Units.