The Expansive Empire of Archen Federation is a mammoth, orderly nation, ruled by Emperor Scolari with an iron fist, and renowned for its compulsory military service, free-roaming dinosaurs, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 8.683 billion Archonians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Stahlgate. The average income tax rate is 85.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Archonian economy, worth a remarkable 2,349 trillion Marks a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 270,640 Marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

The Pipe Bomb Makers' Pop-Up Book can be found in preschool libraries, chess players with pacemakers and cochlear implants are treated with suspicion, quiet professionalism has returned to the nation's armed forces, and meat-eating is frowned upon. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Archen Federation's national animal is the Archonian Timber Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Church of the Hallowed Solar.

Archen Federation is ranked 12,410^th in the world and 33^rd in Carcassonne for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 85.71 Effective Tax Rate.