The Cybernetic Utopia of Steampunk Ariel is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by S'C'U'T'T'L'E with an even hand, and notable for its daily referendums, smutty television, and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The compassionate, hard-working, cheerful population of 7.262 billion Cybernetic Mermaids enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Atlantica. The average income tax rate is 71.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Cybernetic economy, worth 891 trillion seashells a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 122,714 seashells, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

The delay between passed legislation and real world implementation is often a decade or longer, folk are absolutely certain that you can never be absolutely certain, Saturday morning cartoons feature full frontal nudity, and students do more community service than homework. Crime is totally unknown. Steampunk Ariel's national animal is the clockwork crayon ponyfish, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Animism.

Steampunk Ariel is ranked 105,776^th in the world and 5,500^th in The North Pacific for Least Corrupt Governments, with 93.32 percentage of bribes refused.