The Commonwealth of Arucaria is a titanic, safe nation, ruled by President James Reed with a fair hand, and remarkable for its deadly medical pandemics, pith helmet sales, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 10.616 billion Arucarians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The relatively small, liberal, pro-business government prioritizes Industry, with Welfare, Education, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Law & Order aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Prime City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Arucarian economy, worth a remarkable 2,960 trillion credits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Automobile Manufacturing, and Tourism. Average income is an amazing 278,900 credits, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,611,264 per year while the poor average 23,033, a ratio of 70.0 to 1.

Nations that kill an Arucarian can expect a strongly worded letter, small businesses are gobbled up almost daily by corporate giants, crocodile roadkill is smeared across the asphalt of the new Formula One track, and nature magazines featuring stick insects on their covers are sometimes mistaken for fashion magazines. Crime is totally unknown. Arucaria's national animal is the eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Arucaria is ranked 4,356^th in the world and 135^th in The North Pacific for Highest Average Incomes, with 278,900.48 Standard Monetary Units.