The Republic of Agartia is a massive, genial nation, remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.009 billion Agartians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Aquilea. The average income tax rate is 68.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Agartian economy, worth 595 trillion Euros a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Retail, and Soda Sales. Average income is an impressive 197,895 Euros, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A-SPAN viewership drops as MPs act their age, the subway is dead quiet in early afternoons, major cities shut down as their local sports team takes to the field every day, and hockey players who drop their gloves discard them on abandoned baseball mitts. Crime is totally unknown. Agartia's national animal is the Grizzly Bear, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Agartia is ranked 7,018^th in the world and 145^th in Europe for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 57.39 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.