The Socialist Dictatorship of Arivield is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Erich von Stahl with an iron fist, and remarkable for its soft-spoken computers, disturbing lack of elderly people, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 1.261 billion Arvishes are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Education, Law & Order, and Industry are also considered important, while Spirituality isn't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Armid. The average income tax rate is 49.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Arivieldian economy, worth 129 trillion Marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, Trout Farming, and Information Technology. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 102,678 Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Organ donation rates are among the lowest in the region, the nation has always been at war with Bigtopia, the fate of the world literally rests on Erich von Stahl's fingers, and Red Cross demand for body bags is rising while sutures go unused. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arivield's national animal is the Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Arivield is ranked 4,127^th in the world and 4^th in Sophia for Most Secular, with 98.63 Atheism Rate.