The Imperial Federation of Nova-Arcadia is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Constantine XII with an iron fist, and notable for its pith helmet sales, keen interest in outer space, and devotion to social welfare. The cynical, humorless population of 1.864 billion Arcadians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Constantinople. The average income tax rate is 73.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Arcadian economy, worth 260 trillion imperial arcs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 139,984 imperial arcs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The new Refuse Hills housing development is under construction, foreigners must sell an arm and a leg to afford surgery in Nova-Arcadia, a bill to outlaw math homework has been submitted, and the government has instituted 'traveller reservations' across the country. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nova-Arcadia's national animal is the golden eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Nova-Arcadia is ranked 131,308^th in the world and 333^rd in Europe for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 830.6 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.