The OUTLAWS FOR LIFE of Artzikatonastan is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Sir Pemtious with an even hand, and notable for its state-planned economy, compulsory military service, and punitive income tax rates. The quiet, industrious population of 1.824 billion Artzikatonastanians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Administration, Welfare, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Artenzia. The average income tax rate is 73.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Artzikatonastanian economy, worth 39.4 trillion NationStates Theorieses a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Soda Sales, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 21,609 NationStates Theorieses, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

School uniforms are compulsory, Sir Pemtious has just been declared ruler of Artzikatonastan in an international press conference, incarcerated crime lords manage their empires from massage tables, and Maxwellism has been named as Artzikatonastan's national religion. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Artzikatonastan's national animal is the Σιγμα, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Maxwellism.

Artzikatonastan is ranked 84,078^th in the world and 1,785^th in the Rejected Realms for Most Primitive, scoring 29.15 on the Scary Big Number Scale.