The Sovereign Republic of Aritzoska is a titanic, safe nation, ruled by David Plattix with a fair hand, and renowned for its frequent executions, complete lack of prisons, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, democratic population of 10.837 billion Zanosi enjoy great social freedoms and frequent elections, where the majority of the populace regularly votes to increase its benefits at the expense of various hapless minorities.

The enormous, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lonolia. The average income tax rate is 97.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Zanos economy, worth a remarkable 1,743 trillion Ætherons a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 160,874 Ætherons, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

State-run museums boast about their anti-Zanos art collections, the importance of winning Olympic gold medals is indoctrinated from an early age, children wondering what happens to pets after they die are shown where the compost heap is, and the numbers on the latest spending report are reaching stellar levels. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aritzoska's national animal is the Puffin, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Aritzoska is ranked 3,145^th in the world and 85^th in Europe for Most Developed, scoring 97.11 on the Human Development Index.