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The Republic of Arenar 3 is a mid-sized, genial nation, notable for its ban on automobiles, state-planned economy, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 88 million Arenar 3ians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 51.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Arenar 3ian economy, worth 1.63 trillion arders 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, highly specialized black market in Book Publishing, Pizza Delivery, Furniture Restoration, and Beef-Based Agriculture. 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 18,531 arders, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Ministers browse Alright! magazine for fashion tips, the government loves seeing the little people fight, the mood of raunchy movies is often ruined by the sound of babies crying, and employers are finding it hard to screen candidates now that everyone gets A grades in their exams. Crime is totally unknown. Arenar 3's national animal is the spammy guy, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Arenar 3 is ranked 248,109^th in the world and 993^rd in Dimmersun for Highest Poor Incomes, with 15,618.39 Standard Monetary Units.