The Cybernetic Utopia of Steampunk Ariel is a massive, genial nation, ruled by S'C'U'T'T'L'E with an even hand, and renowned for its free-roaming dinosaurs, frequent executions, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 2.927 billion Cybernetic Mermaids enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Atlantica. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 67.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Cybernetic economy, worth 372 trillion seashells a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 127,364 seashells, with the richest citizens earning 5.7 times as much as the poorest.

Michelin-star chefs are being called on to prepare menus for six-year-olds, foreign governments are threatened if they so much as mention the word "election", a bill to outlaw math homework has been submitted, and school lockers are filled with fancy underwear. Crime is totally unknown. Steampunk Ariel's national animal is the clockwork crayon ponyfish, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Animism.

Steampunk Ariel is ranked 187,285^th in the world and 8,681^st in The North Pacific for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -9.12 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.