The Protectorate of Archives of the Compact is a huge, efficient nation, notable for its compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 926 million Archives of the Compactians enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The tiny, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Spirituality. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.3%.

The very strong Archives of the Compactian economy, worth 53.2 trillion Dollars a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Arms Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 57,429 Dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 203,281 per year while the poor average 11,714, a ratio of 17.4 to 1.

Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Archives of the Compact's national animal is the Eagle, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Archives of the Compact is ranked 262,061^st in the world and 3^rd in The Liberty Compact for Largest Black Market, with 126 billion Standard Monetary Units.