The Kingdom of Aresetia is a huge, efficient nation, ruled by King Antoine II of Tyre with an iron fist, and renowned for its parental licensing program, public floggings, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 972 million Aresetians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hiosianis. The average income tax rate is 46.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Aresetian economy, worth 89.4 trillion Ptinás a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 92,023 Ptinás, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Employees are told they can avoid traffic jams by starting work at 4 AM, bike rage is all the rage, the nation is Europe's leading manufacturer of intricately-patterned sweaters, and enemy navies sail within bombardment range of major coastal cities with impunity. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aresetia's national animal is the Aánis, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Aresetia is ranked 271,970^th in the world and 1,339^th in Europe for Highest Food Quality, scoring 6.65 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.