The Platonic Aristocracy of Archadon is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by King Altrius II with an iron fist, and renowned for its avowedly heterosexual populace, pith helmet sales, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 9.487 billion Archadonians 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kallipolis. The average income tax rate is 90.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Archadonian economy, worth a remarkable 1,470 trillion Drachmas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Tourism. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 155,027 Drachmas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

90% of active duty AAF personnel have been laid off and replaced by robot kill-drones, the military is researching proton packs and PK-meters to combat "unseen enemy forces", artists from across the nation compete to renovate the restrooms of old government buildings, and construction of the Really Big Hadron Collider is underway. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Archadon's national animal is the Lion, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Hellenism.

Archadon is ranked 37,067^th in the world and 23^rd in Philosophers for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 2,374.34 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.