The People's Republic of Arajia is a massive, safe nation, ruled by James Baustein with an even hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, pith helmet sales, and ban on automobiles. The compassionate population of 1.535 billion Arajians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Avalon. The average income tax rate is 93.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Arajian economy, worth 199 trillion Yans a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Tourism, and Trout Farming. Average income is an impressive 130,108 Yans, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government is hungry to spread communism beyond the nation's borders, arbitrary election rules are considered sacrosanct, people are more interested in gossip about the private lives of politicians than their policies, and banning party poppers has been a real party pooper. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arajia's national animal is the Meerkat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Arajia is ranked 8,878^th in the world and 249^th in The Communist Bloc for Highest Food Quality, scoring 168.97 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.