The Colony of Arta VI is a massive, safe nation, ruled by the Interstate Council with an even hand, and notable for its unlimited-speed roads, sprawling nuclear power plants, and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The compassionate, cheerful population of 3.752 billion Arta Vians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Planetfall. The average income tax rate is 76.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Artanian economy, worth 716 trillion Credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 190,971 Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Depression sinks in after each election when voters realize they are stuck with these people for years, the realistic depiction of tentacles is on the core syllabus of most art schools, convicted criminals are given free limo rides to jail, and unstable couples are known to break up over which one gets parental leave. Crime is totally unknown. Arta VI's national animal is the Fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Arta VI is ranked 104,250^th in the world and 1,793^rd in The North Pacific for Most Advanced Defense Forces, scoring 2,422.39 on the Total War Preparedness Rating.