The Empire of Arktera is a small, safe nation, notable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 32 million Arkterans 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 enormous, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 73.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The basket case Arkteran economy, worth 468 billion Fitzezes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Trout Farming, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 14,649 Fitzezes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Diplomatic missions are often mistaken as declarations of war, policemen regularly conduct midnight raids on closed donut shops to 'collect evidence', the government is said to have a martyrdom complex, and hundreds of sailors ride the good ship Leader day after day. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arktera's national animal is the lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Arktera is ranked 119,654^th in the world and 7^th in GloPo226 for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 664.45 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.