The Federal Republic of Arcriea is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by High Consul Arthur Leutenetia with a fair hand, and remarkable for its pith helmet sales, sprawling nuclear power plants, and national health service. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 9.777 billion Arcrieans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Arcranopolis. The average income tax rate is 95.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Arcriean economy, worth a remarkable 1,614 trillion Arkrants a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 165,120 Arkrants, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Soldiers on first dates introduce themselves only by their ranks and serial numbers, bemused citizens are encouraged to sing foreign-language hymns of religions they have never heard of, giggling elementary school newspaper reporters want to know why High Consul Arthur Leutenetia is a silly poophead, and High Consul Arthur Leutenetia's new door-knocking campaign has the sweet taste of success. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arcriea's national animal is the Arcriean Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Arcriea is ranked 6,272^nd in the world and 199^th in The North Pacific for Highest Poor Incomes, with 152,889.35 Standard Monetary Units.