The Holy Empire of Arcarum is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its closed borders, infamous sell-swords, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 422 million Arcarumians 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 enormous, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Razgriz. The average income tax rate is 74.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Arcarumian economy, worth 33.5 trillion Rupees a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 79,418 Rupees, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Sleep-deprived officials are known to collapse after late night revision for their examinations, the government is denying reports that criminals injected with experimental drugs have turned into monstrous supervillains, the bonfire of the old paper records can be seen for miles around Razgriz, and the nation gives peace a chance - usually one in a million. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arcarum's national animal is the Lizard, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Arcarum is ranked 22,400^th in the world and 679^th in The East Pacific for Most Valuable International Artwork, with 10.1 Bank.