The Japan of Arcanda is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi with a fair hand, and renowned for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 13.812 billion Japanese 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 juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tokyo. The average income tax rate is 91.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Japanese economy, worth a remarkable 1,563 trillion yen a year, is highly specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 113,200 yen, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

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 Crane, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Arcanda is ranked 6,508^th in the world and 4^th in The Roleplay Chessboard for Most Advanced Public Transport, scoring 4,018.13 on the Societal Mobility Rating.