The Fifth French Republic of Arcanda is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by President Jacques Chirac with a fair hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, anti-smoking policies, and public floggings. The compassionate, democratic population of 9.937 billion French 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 enormous government prioritizes Education, with Welfare, Industry, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while Spirituality is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Paris. The average income tax rate is 89.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient French economy, worth a remarkable 1,147 trillion francs a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 115,491 francs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

4-year-olds studying for their mathematics exams are anxious that they will be unemployable in adulthood if they fail, supervisors in Arcanda commonly tie bells on their necks to alert employees of their presence, passionate nomination battles are often as intense as general elections, and prankster scientists legally change their names to silly pseudonyms before major discoveries. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arcanda's national animal is the ---, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Arcanda is ranked 38,869^th in the world and 54^th in Commonwealth of Liberty for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 51.48 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.