The Kingdom of Aresetia is a huge, orderly nation, ruled by King Antoine II of Tyre with an iron fist, and notable for its zero percent divorce rate, keen interest in outer space, and fear of technology. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 947 million Aresetians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hiosianis. The average income tax rate is 45.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Aresetian economy, worth 85.5 trillion Ptinás a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 90,334 Ptinás, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Families waiting for delayed pipe installations hope daily for rain, members of the government all have oddly similar anecdotes about their childhoods, shanty towns have formed around the newly rebuilt commercial district, and tourists visit Aresetia to mass-moon Aresetian politicians. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aresetia's national animal is the Aánis, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Aresetia is ranked 126,242^nd in the world and 999^th in Europe for Most Beautiful Environments, with 532.6 pounds of wildlife per square mile.