The Southern Skies of Arintaria is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Premier Arkacia with a fair hand, and notable for its anti-smoking policies, sprawling nuclear power plants, and daily referendums. The compassionate, democratic population of 46.186 billion Arintarians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Narangba. The average income tax rate is 85.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Arintarian economy, worth a remarkable 4,759 trillion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 103,053 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation's democracy attracts huddled masses yearning to breathe free, workers for the environmental protection agency are patted down for tartar sauce every morning, political speeches that drill deep into bureaucratic fine detail could be said to be a little boring, and talkative students are escorted from schools in second-hand prison buses. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arintaria's national animal is the emu, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is aussieism.

Arintaria is ranked 296,718^th in the world and 14^th in Dragon Lair for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -11.29 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.