The Empire of Arcanais is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Archin Astor Potrian with an iron fist, and renowned for its free-roaming dinosaurs, pith helmet sales, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cynical population of 3.339 billion Arcanians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mythcairn. The average income tax rate is 97.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Arcanian economy, worth 700 trillion Manas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 209,842 Manas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Therapists dispense hugs for heroin dealers and cuddles for crackheads, excessive wheelchair ramps on government buildings have been compared to theme park attractions, murderers frequently escape punishment by claiming they were protecting their honour, and public footpaths are being slowly eroded by the burgeoning number of ramblers. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arcanais's national animal is the Griffin, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is The Violet order.

Arcanais is ranked 16,123^rd in the world and 48^th in Confederation of Corrupt Dictators for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 7,953.9 on the Gilded Widget Scale.