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Economy

Arthasthan is categorised as a rapidly growing lower-middle income developing economy with a nominal GDP of $270.45 billion and a GDP PPP of $865.12 billion. As a socialist state, Arthasthan's economic system resembles market socialism, with high degrees of state ownership and workers' self-management with some foreign direct investment and private ownership based upon a market system. The long-term goal of the Arthani economy as enshrined in the constitution is economic development within a socialist framework to eventually establish a true socialist economy.

Arthansthan's economy is dependent on subsistence agriculture and mining of mineral resources and fossil fuels. Arthasthan has a small but growing manufacturing center based around Nadipatnam, that produces textiles, food, and consumer electronics. Despite its development level, Arthasthan maintains a complex river and canal system that the country uses for agriculture and transportation.

Despite rapid growth, Arthasthan remains one of the poorest countries in Satria. Foreign investors are largely dissuaded from investing because of the country's economic protectionism and its convoluted governmental structure particularly on the regional level and below. The country has a Human Development Index of 0.620 indicating medium development and a Gini coefficient of 31.237 indicating moderate income inequality. Thus the economy receives development aid from the Association for International Socialism, the Council for Mutual Development, and the Bashurat Cooperation Organization.