The Republic of Arty Forces 1 is a huge, genial nation, renowned for its infamous sell-swords, compulsory military service, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate population of 828 million Arty Forces 1ians 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 32.3%.

The Arty Forces 1ian economy, worth 37.3 trillion Colors a year, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 45,033 Colors, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.9 times as much as the poorest.

Government popup ads are springing up like weeds, students can name the chiefs of proto-Bigtopian tribes before they can count to ten, prisons are filled with the cackles and sobs of a deranged inmate population, and politicians are battling inequality by declaring themselves better than everyone else. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arty Forces 1's national animal is the Butterfly, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Arty Forces 1 is ranked 98,955^th in the world and 4^th in Warzone Australia for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 1,947.84 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.