The Free Republic of Artazon is a huge, safe nation, ruled by Jeanne Chevu with an iron fist, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical population of 944 million Artazonians 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 medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kraz'. The average income tax rate is 49.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Artazonian economy, worth 98.3 trillion Artazonii Reais a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 104,099 Artazonii Reais, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Manufacturers of biodegradable plastics have to wait for months to show evidence of organic decomposition, the government is attempting to impose a new national language on the public, the wearing and manufacture of fur apparel is banned, and popular websites like NationStates are blocked for "national security". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Artazon's national animal is the Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Artazon is ranked 184,646^th in the world and 190^th in The Order of the Grey Wardens for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring zero on the Clooney Contribution Index.