The Ethereal Empire of Arthropyria is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Emperor Talong Mantisimus with a fair hand, and notable for its otherworldly petting zoo, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 9.533 billion Arthropods enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Incepion. The average income tax rate is 98.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Arthropyrian economy, worth a remarkable 2,035 trillion Aracheons a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an amazing 213,472 Aracheons, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government supplies ragtag bands of resistance fighters in exchange for vague promises of future payment, human tissue is grown in vats as a delicacy as well as for transplants, international collectors know that a grease-stain on a work of art probably means it's passed through Arthropyria, and the examiners who examine examiners are being examined by examiners. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arthropyria's national animal is the Ohmu, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Entomolity.

Arthropyria is ranked 71,061^st in the world and 740^th in the Pacific for Most Extreme, scoring 27.36 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.