The People's Republic of Aralia is a massive, genial nation, remarkable for its soft-spoken computers, complete lack of prisons, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, cynical population of 3.235 billion Aralians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 69.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Aralian economy, worth 272 trillion Aral Rubles a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 84,095 Aral Rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Cash-strapped junkies lick rabbits for a cheap high, there's a bright dawn ahead for Aralia, unwary hikers climbing the bluffs of Mount Aralia City make great practice for foreign snipers, and conductors wield diamond-encrusted batons to fit in with their freshly gilded surroundings. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aralia's national animal is the Albatros, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Aralia is ranked 20,103^rd in the world and 52^nd in The League for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 1,175.47 on the Clooney Contribution Index.