The Imperial Vicariate of Arleat is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Philip the Rich with a fair hand, and remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, state-planned economy, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 1.825 billion Arleats love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nancy. The average income tax rate is 93.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Arlesian economy, worth 300 trillion Guilders a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 164,911 Guilders, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Arlesian novella fans become unusually flustered when thinking about Philip the Rich, search-and-rescue organisations are the biggest employer in the country, the military has declared war on all religious influence, and feuilletons can only be deciphered with a Galliennais dictionary. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arleat's national animal is the lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Arleat is ranked 57,590^th in the world and 720^th in The East Pacific for Most Patriotic, with 28.43 flags saluted per person per day.