The Wasteland Fortress of Artyolae is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Artonov Yolaeski with an even hand, and remarkable for its pith helmet sales, smutty television, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 1.252 billion Artyolaeans 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 Welfare, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Fortress-City of Artyola. The average income tax rate is 46.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Artyolaean economy, worth 109 trillion Denars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Trout Farming, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 87,228 Denars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

When electric cars arrived nobody heard them coming, heavily subsidised Artyolaean baskets litter the streets of 10000 Islands, scaffolding is built around scaffolding to give safe access, and major cities are suffering under water rationing. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Artyolae's national animal is the Falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Pantheon of the Old Ones.

Artyolae is ranked 199,425^th in the world and 651^st in 10000 Islands for Most Armed, with 0.21 Weapons Per Person.