The Republic of City of Artyom is a huge, genial nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, compulsory military service, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, devout population of 748 million City of Artyomians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 67.1%.

The all-consuming City of Artyomian economy, worth 58.9 trillion Ducats a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Automobile Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 78,798 Ducats, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.9 times as much as the poorest.

The nation's universities are often mistaken for foreign embassies, lobbyists are trying to convince government to recategorize most natural disasters as "non-critical naturogenic inconveniences", the 'sing-a-long with Leader' album is a popular souvenir, and a tax exemption has created a new hunger for octogenarian millionaires dating women 60 years their younger. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. City of Artyom's national animal is the Bear, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

City of Artyom is ranked 235,052^nd in the world and 875^th in Novaya Zemlya for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 193.43 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.