The Empire of Arkalarius is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Ilse Erika von Freyaelv with an iron fist, and renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, pith helmet sales, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, cynical population of 4.716 billion Arkians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Freyaelv. The average income tax rate is 71.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Arkian economy, worth 351 trillion Notes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Cheese Exports, and Book Publishing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 74,511 Notes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Country folk are sent to obligatory boarding schools to learn how to be civilized, genetic researchers have been expelled, the once prosperous capital is in utter decline, and transgender and agender are on the education agenda. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arkalarius's national animal is the Osprey, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Arkalarius is ranked 48,152^nd in the world and 1,535^th in The East Pacific for Most Advanced Public Transport, scoring 1,281.89 on the Societal Mobility Rating.