The Grand Commonwealth of Artmex is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Grand Oversight Council with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, sprawling nuclear power plants, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, devout population of 4.165 billion Artmexians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Mercia. The average income tax rate is 93.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Artmexian economy, worth 712 trillion Artmexian Credits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 171,160 Artmexian Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Students do more community service than homework, the nation is stuck in permanent election mode as politicians demand constant do-overs, youth rights demonstrations often end in vicious snowball fights, and the bonfire of the old paper records can be seen for miles around New Mercia. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Artmex's national animal is the Grand Falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Secularism.

Artmex is ranked 10,543^rd in the world and 2^nd in Council of Asia for Most Patriotic, with 62.55 flags saluted per person per day.