The Federal Republic of Arcriea is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by High Consul Arthur Leutenetia with a fair hand, and remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, pith helmet sales, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 9.801 billion Arcrieans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Arcranopolis. The average income tax rate is 95.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Arcriean economy, worth a remarkable 1,620 trillion Arkrants a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 165,382 Arkrants, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Healthcare workers are flummoxed over the spike in foreign tourists with sudden-onset heart disease, anti-government web sites are springing up, Arcrieans submit requests for a date in writing with an enclosed RSVP card, and prisoners regularly escape detention posing as scarecrows. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arcriea's national animal is the Arcriean Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Arcriea is ranked 2,203^rd in the world and 90^th in The North Pacific for Least Corrupt Governments, with 96.25 percentage of bribes refused.