The Grand Duchy of Acario is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Koloktos with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, complete lack of prisons, and daily referendums. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 37.452 billion Acarians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, outspoken morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kalle Demos. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 86.6%.

The very strong Acarioan economy, worth a remarkable 2,741 trillion Fyruses a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 73,201 Fyruses, with the richest citizens earning 5.7 times as much as the poorest.

Employers may fire workers without giving any reason, adverts proclaim it has to be healthy if the Mornay uses hand-grated Gallopavian Gruyère, politicians can't accept birthday presents from their own children, and rich people sell their mansions to pay for endless rows of mobile homes. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Acario's national animal is the argorok, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Acario is ranked 3,419^th in the world and 3^rd in Capitalist Paradise for Most Beautiful Environments, with 2,897.51 pounds of wildlife per square mile.