The Parliamentary Republic of Arcrovia is a huge, orderly nation, ruled by Secretary Mark Gungee IX with an iron fist, and remarkable for its state-planned economy, keen interest in outer space, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 793 million Arcrovians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kin city. The average income tax rate is 41.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Arcrovian economy, worth 101 trillion Rays a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Uranium Mining, Automobile Manufacturing, and Furniture Restoration. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 128,272 Rays, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

There's a bright dawn ahead for Arcrovia, the nation's green cities are indeed concrete jungles, the stock market has been destroyed for its own protection, and newly synthesized elements' half-lives are a million times shorter than the time it takes to say their names. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arcrovia's national animal is the Stingray, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Arcrovia is ranked 72,235^th in the world and 475^th in Europe for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 1,426.07 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.