The Ethereal Empire of Arthropyria is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Emperor Talong Mantisimus with a fair hand, and renowned for its otherworldly petting zoo, absence of drug laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 8.229 billion Arthropods are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Incepion. The average income tax rate is 97.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Arthropyrian economy, worth a remarkable 1,545 trillion Aracheons a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 187,797 Aracheons, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A primitive society is being eroded as its youth flock to the modern world, Arthropyria is notorious for its citizens' infidelity, prime real estate is devoted to wind farms and solar energy generators, and cops shout apologies with every swing of their baton. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arthropyria's national animal is the Ohmu, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Entomolity.

Arthropyria is ranked 291,424^th in the world and 4,140^th in the Pacific for Most Primitive, scoring -784.41 on the Scary Big Number Scale.