The Incorporated States of Arr Akis is a fledgling, efficient nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, irreverence towards religion, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 5 million Arr Akisians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The tiny, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.0%.

The thriving Arr Akisian economy, worth 380 billion solaris a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 76,000 solaris, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 277,837 per year while the poor average 14,746, a ratio of 18.8 to 1.

The latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, punitive tariffs protect local industry, corporations donate huge sums of money to favored politicians, and preschoolers practice disarming active shooters before naptime. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Arr Akis's national animal is the sandworm, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Arr Akis is ranked 259,400^th in the world and 11,637^th in Balder for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring -8 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.