The State of Arklow is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Lennart Raybrandt with an iron fist, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, frequent executions, and restrictive gun laws. The cynical population of 14.731 billion Arklovians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Klovis. The average income tax rate is 49.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Arklovish economy, worth a remarkable 1,076 trillion drakes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Trout Farming, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 73,106 drakes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Billions of drakes are spent to take high-quality photos of the Lion Nebula, the contraband cigarette trade is lighting up across Arklow, pulling weeds is seen as a threat to national security, and on-call doctors who check their pagers during movies are banned from cinemas for life. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arklow's national animal is the lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Judaism.

Arklow is ranked 112,373^rd in the world and 31^st in Lennart for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 1,645.12 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.