The Republic of Arty 5 is a very large, safe nation, renowned for its avant-garde cinema, ubiquitous missile silos, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 259 million Arty 5ians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 29.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Arty 5ian economy, worth 11.7 trillion Colors a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 45,108 Colors, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Prankster scientists legally change their names to silly pseudonyms before major discoveries, literally voiceless people are unable to protest when food and water are denied to them, programmers often reinvent the wheel, and military barracks resemble five-star hotels. Crime is almost non-existent, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arty 5's national animal is the Butterfly, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Arty 5 is ranked 289,639^th in the world and 7^th in Card Mine of Arty for Largest Populations, with 259 million capita.