The United States of Archa Cru is a very large, genial nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 141 million Archa Cruans enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The relatively small, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Spirituality, and Education. The average income tax rate is 9.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Archa Cruan economy, worth 8.16 trillion Frenzies a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Basket Weaving, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 57,876 Frenzies, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Foreign leaders' Twitcher accounts are monitored for potential threats to national security, the newly revamped army is so eager for action that it has trouble keeping the peace, road signs are getting harder to read under layers of knitted woolen cardigans, and the nation's reputation for treachery has left it sidelined on the international stage. Crime is almost non-existent. Archa Cru's national animal is the Clorox Monster, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Archa Cru is ranked 268,480^th in the world and 158^th in Philosophers for Most Beautiful Environments, with 83.59 pounds of wildlife per square mile.