The Imperial Vicariate of Arleat is a huge, efficient nation, remarkable for its irreverence towards religion, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 563 million Arleats are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nancy. The average income tax rate is 76.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Arlesian economy, worth 58.0 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 Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 103,018 Guilders, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Calvinball players are lost for days as they wander the vast halls of their new academies, NPCs in MMORPGs regularly interrupt cutscenes with OOC reminders that they aren't real people, the best way to be heard in politics is to speak softly and carry a big comedy prop, and sniffer dogs are trained to follow clouds of fruity-smelling vapor. 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 281,416^th in the world and 4,881^st in The East Pacific for Most Corrupt Governments, with 0.65 kickbacks per hour.