The Planet of Acritis is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its fear of technology, smutty television, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 2.278 billion Acritisians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 55.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Acritisian economy, worth 278 trillion Imperial Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 122,320 Imperial Dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 347,237 per year while the poor average 34,417, a ratio of 10.1 to 1.

Crime suspects are forced to submit to blood testing, women who walk into the ladies' changing room are accused of being Peeping Toms, kilts and cassocks are viewed with suspicion, and vets have been drafted in to help "fix" those who fail the parental license exam. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Acritis's national animal is the Farm Dog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Acritis is ranked 28,874^th in the world and 1^st in Firmament for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 4,700.92 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.