The Empire of Arcadiam is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Jacques Killoran with an iron fist, and renowned for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, state-planned economy, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 1.336 billion Arcadians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ockham. The average income tax rate is 68.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Arcadian economy, worth 114 trillion Marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Automobile Manufacturing, and Tourism. Average income is 85,398 Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Citizens are frequently searched for illegal weapons, the nation's generous tax credits have brought all the film studios to the yard, genocide is seen as a topic best avoided in history lessons, and producers insist that movie stars wear crash helmets in every scene. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arcadiam's national animal is the Scholar Owl, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Nonarcanum.

Arcadiam is ranked 43,342^nd in the world and 1,186^th in The East Pacific for Healthiest Citizens, with 6.28 bananas ingested per day.