The Free Land of Arostica is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Prime Minister with a fair hand, and renowned for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, free-roaming dinosaurs, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 3.558 billion Arosticans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Arostic City. The average income tax rate is 55.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Arostican economy, worth 408 trillion Arostican Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 114,908 Arostican Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

The hardest thing for a mining operation to dig through is government red tape, small children are learning a lot of new words from a teacher with Tourette Syndrome, the mining industry is making inroads into environmentally sensitive areas, and five-year-olds who refuse to line up on command get gold stars. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arostica's national animal is the Domestic Feline, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Arostica is ranked 267,800^th in the world and 5,498^th in The North Pacific for Most Primitive, scoring -226.5 on the Scary Big Number Scale.