The Constitutional Monarchy of Aaraetar is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Queen Saerom I with an even hand, and renowned for its state-planned economy, compulsory military service, and frequent executions. The compassionate population of 1.331 billion Aaraetarians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sceptria. The average income tax rate is 60.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Aaraetarian economy, worth 43.2 trillion areuros a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Book Publishing, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 32,440 areuros, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Slow dancing is made trickier when Auntie Edna insists on standing between the couple's arms, newborns are being raised as mindless killing machines, community theaters are known for their bawdy renditions of 'Springtime for Queen Saerom I', and government officials stay up all night in flame wars with their constituents. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aaraetar's national animal is the penguin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Aaraetar is ranked 248,964^th in the world and 8,789^th in Lazarus for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 45.7 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.