The Democratic Republic of Archauss is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Bernhard Abel with an even hand, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate population of 3.265 billion Archaussians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Besicolitz city. The average income tax rate is 79.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Archaussian economy, worth 382 trillion Oods a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 117,056 Oods, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government is constantly producing new maps to accommodate the continual renaming of cities, video game protagonists bear striking resemblances to major political figures, government officials sit helplessly as they are labelled 'Pompous Womples' by celebrities, and politicians "baring all" for the camera isn't always a figure of speech. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Archauss's national animal is the Crow, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Archauss is ranked 251,736^th in the world and 2,313^th in the West Pacific for Fattest Citizens, with 7.34 Obesity Rate.