The Emirate of Archelon is a colossal, pleasant nation, renowned for its disturbing lack of elderly people and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed population of 4.343 billion Archelonians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 18.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Archelonian economy, worth 191 trillion Delta Eagles a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Automobile Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 44,042 Delta Eagles, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Retiring citizens are dragged away in the middle of the night by mysterious men in black suits, many in Archelon are born in the purple, politicians preface their speeches with a declaration that any resemblance to speeches given by individuals living or dead is purely coincidental, and cowboys often wear wolfskin jackets to the saloon. Crime is well under control, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Archelon's national animal is the Kitsune.

Archelon is ranked 246,887^th in the world and 1^st in Newark for Highest Food Quality, scoring 10.46 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.