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The Republic of Arty Forces 10 is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, compulsory gun ownership, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 552 million Arty Forces 10ians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The minute government, or what there is of one, prioritizes Defense, although Environment and Healthcare are also considered important, while Spirituality and International Aid are ignored. The average income tax rate is 6.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Arty Forces 10ian economy, worth 12.2 trillion Colors 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 Beef-Based Agriculture, Cheese Exports, Book Publishing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. 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 22,182 Colors, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

A large concrete wall is being built around the country's borders, military pilots spend more time scraping feathers off their engines than flying their aircraft, anyone with an emergency on a holy day is advised to pray harder, and serial killers who are released early distribute death but not their seed. Crime is moderate, probably because of the absence of a police force. Arty Forces 10's national animal is the Butterfly, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Arty Forces 10 is ranked 91,901^st in the world and 835^th in eta for Most Cultured, scoring 67 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.