The Principality of Arku is a small, cultured nation, renowned for its compulsory military service. The hard-working, devout population of 23 million Arkuans 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 medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Law & Order, and Welfare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 31.7%.

The strong Arkuan economy, worth 1.30 trillion dollars a year, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Uranium Mining, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 56,350 dollars, with the richest citizens earning 5.6 times as much as the poorest.

Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arku's national animal is the beaver, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Arku is ranked 64,969^th in the world and 237^th in Concord for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 3,370.39 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.