The Democratic Republic of Archauss is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Bernhard Abel with an even hand, and notable for its complete lack of prisons, daily referendums, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 2.89 billion Archaussians 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 Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Besicolitz city. The average income tax rate is 78.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Archaussian economy, worth 326 trillion Oods a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 113,123 Oods, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

One tree's worth of paperwork accompanies each imported log of timber, government ministers have eclectic tastes in curtains, rumor has it that Bernhard Abel has won three lotteries in a row, and it turns out that you actually can put a price on intangible cultural heritage. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Archauss's national animal is the Crow, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Archauss is ranked 297,502^nd in the world and 2,227^th in the West Pacific for Most Corrupt Governments, with 0.67 kickbacks per hour.