The Federal Republic of Arcriea is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by High Consul Arthur Leutenetia with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, national health service, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 4.431 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 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 87.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Arcriean economy, worth 613 trillion Arcran Units a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 138,368 Arcran Units, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Government officials have to mortgage their homes to make ends meet, grandiose stage parents insist superyachts and private cinemas are children's basic needs, 'To Regulate And Beyond' is the unofficial motto of the Arcriean Space Agency, and the standardised national curriculum requires that all-male classes be taught why they have periods. 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, and its national religion is Secularism.

Arcriea is ranked 12,657^th in the world and 542^nd in The North Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 97.07 law-abiding acts per hour.