The People's Republic of Atrisa is a small, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, compulsory military service, and state-planned economy. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 40 million Atrisans are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 63.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Atrisan economy, worth 2.27 trillion Atris a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 56,776 Atris, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Bike rage is all the rage, professionals are ready to retire by the time they receive permission to use their credentials, the deaf are perplexed when the weather report tells them that the wind will be "bringing some rain along the Nazi ghosts", and funny-looking kids are stood at the front of the classroom for everybody to point and laugh at. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Atrisa's national animal is the fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Atrisa is ranked 95,971^st in the world and 545^th in The Leftist Assembly for Smartest Citizens, with 37.34 quips per hour.