The Federal Republic of Arcadim is a colossal, efficient nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, national health service, and otherworldly petting zoo. The compassionate, democratic population of 7.592 billion Arcadians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Singapura. The average income tax rate is 95.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Arcadimian economy, worth a remarkable 1,247 trillion dollors a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Trout Farming. Average income is an impressive 164,310 dollors, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Contemporary art museums showcase the latest in centuries-old art, Loud Patriotic Music Day has been ranked the seventh best new holiday of the year, the Party has more splits than a yo-yo dieter's trousers, and the nation's counterintelligence budget is all up in the air. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arcadim's national animal is the Asian Tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Arcadim is ranked 4,831^st in the world and 247^th in Lazarus for Most Beautiful Environments, with 2,391.65 pounds of wildlife per square mile.