The Democratic Republic of United States of Arcana is a small, socially progressive nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and suspicion of poets. The hard-working, democratic population of 32 million United States of Arcanans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The tiny government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 8.3%.

The strong United States of Arcanan economy, worth 2.08 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Trout Farming, and Retail. Average income is 65,091 dollars, with the richest citizens earning 5.1 times as much as the poorest.

Tech-mad citizens think that the laser-powered bread-slicer uPhone App is the coolest thing since sliced bread, a large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, and the nation is known abroad for fast food and nothing else. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control. United States of Arcana's national animal is the Phoenix, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

United States of Arcana is ranked 135,412^th in the world and 2,437^th in The East Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 71.76 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.