The Federation of Arestra is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Skyfly61 with an iron fist, and remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, keen interest in outer space, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 1.883 billion Arestrians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Varelia. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 24.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Arestrian economy, worth 208 trillion Arestran Rupees a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Arms Manufacturing, and Gambling. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an impressive 110,477 Arestran Rupees, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 697,262 per year while the poor average 7,328, a ratio of 95.1 to 1.

People are bored of easy crossword puzzles, consumption of cat memes has skyrocketed, government officials stay up all night in flame wars with their constituents, and major corporations receive tax breaks for no apparent reason. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arestra's national animal is the Duck, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Hinduism.

Arestra is ranked 107,990^th in the world and 268^th in Horizon for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 2,087.3 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.