The Federal Republic of Arcriea is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by High Consul Arthur Leutenetia with a fair hand, and notable for its compulsory military service, pith helmet sales, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 9.242 billion Arcrieans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken 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 92.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Arcriean economy, worth a remarkable 1,440 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 155,890 Arkrants, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Incarcerated crime lords manage their empires from massage tables, military strategists are questioning the wisdom of subsidizing the economies of sworn enemies, visiting dignitaries often end up cuddling in the hot tub with High Consul Arthur Leutenetia, and it turns out that trees grow on Arkrants. 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 288,086^th in the world and 4,310^th in The North Pacific for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring -13.08 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.