The Republic of Arcaeria is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its national health service, keen interest in outer space, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 213 million Arcaerians 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 relatively small, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Healthcare, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Arcaerian economy, worth 20.0 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Information Technology, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 93,917 Dollars, with the richest citizens earning 9.0 times as much as the poorest.

The nation's diplomats shake hands with those whose hands are drenched in the blood of innocents, the new 'Who Wants To Be A Politician' election debate auditions are more popular than the debates themselves, police officers that upset their bosses get assigned to 24 hour stakeouts of bike sheds, and employees are told they can avoid traffic jams by starting work at 4 AM. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control. Arcaeria's national animal is the leopard, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Arcaeria is ranked 115,066^th in the world and 1,345^th in the West Pacific for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 1,703.78 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.