The Grand Imperial Republic of Aarman is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Emperor Shane with an even hand, and renowned for its national health service, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 8.476 billion Aarmaneans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Shandria. The average income tax rate is 89.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Aarmanian economy, worth 831 trillion aureuses a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 98,086 aureuses, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Molehills are the only mountains deemed safe enough for the public, claims adjusters are uselessly vague, community-designed sword prostheses are becoming dangerously common, and soldiers are equipped with multi-million aureus battlesuits. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aarman's national animal is the sheep, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Aarman is ranked 166,552^nd in the world and 36^th in The Union of Democratic States for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 611.97 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.