The Dominion of Arachnophobia is a massive, efficient nation, remarkable for its ban on automobiles, frequent executions, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 1.07 billion Arachnophobians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The relatively small, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Welfare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 10.8%.

The very strong Arachnophobian economy, worth 68.8 trillion flies a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is 64,264 flies, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 227,877 per year while the poor average 13,073, a ratio of 17.4 to 1.

High school bands practice by moonlight, women who walk into the ladies' changing room are accused of being Peeping Toms, coffee-addicted citizens look forward to baristas getting their name wrong at local coffee shops, and being nicknamed "Orange Face" has done Leader's credibility no favours. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Arachnophobia's national animal is the fly, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Arachnophobia is ranked 208,615^th in the world and 6^th in Sand for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 286.8 on the Gilded Widget Scale.