The Republic of ARF Trooper 12 is a massive, safe nation, notable for its zero percent divorce rate, suspicion of poets, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, devout population of 1.401 billion ARF Trooper 12ians 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 medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 31.2%.

The ARF Trooper 12ian economy, worth 67.1 trillion Credits a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 47,927 Credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

In life full of care there is no time to stop and stare, you can tell when ARF Trooper 12ians are being snarky by the fact their lips are moving, Leader's luxurious new home has been designated as a protected cultural heritage site, and the drive to dismantle public transport has crashed and burned. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. ARF Trooper 12's national animal is the Droid, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

ARF Trooper 12 is ranked 113,965^th in the world and 1,323^rd in eta for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 10,475.64 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.