The Imperial Principality of Arakhkhar is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its public floggings, infamous sell-swords, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 615 million Arakhkharis are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Novalira. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 70.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Arakhkhari economy, worth 73.9 trillion Dinars a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Retail. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 120,224 Dinars, with the richest citizens earning 6.2 times as much as the poorest.

The Arakhkhari Arts Council pays teenagers to sit through opera performances, Brancaland has gifted over nine thousand putrid moose carcasses to Arakhkhar as a reminder of their "special relationship", greenhouses are regularly raided by the police, and TV coverage of music festivals consists mostly of backstage interviews. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arakhkhar's national animal is the Veksilus, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Arakhkhar is ranked 44,700^th in the world and 2^nd in Badlands Frontier for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 4,778.54 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.