The Federal Republic of Arcriea is a mammoth, socially progressive nation, ruled by High Consul Arthur Leutenetia with a fair hand, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, compulsory military service, and ubiquitous missile silos. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 9.627 billion Arcrieans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Arcranopolis. The average income tax rate is 94.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Arcriean economy, worth a remarkable 1,575 trillion Arkrants a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 163,696 Arkrants, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Census workers struggle to account for the rapidly increasing number of citizens to tabulate, skateboarding is considered a form of diplomacy, nations that kill an Arcriean can expect a strongly worded letter, and the nationalised Arms Manufacturing Industry is not interested in making weapons. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arcriea's national animal is the Arcriean Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Arcriea is ranked 70,433^rd in the world and 803^rd in The North Pacific for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 15,402.04 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.