The Constitutional Monarchy of Arscanesia is a very large, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its public floggings, anti-smoking policies, and punitive income tax rates. The quiet, industrious population of 178 million Arscanesians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Healthcare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 58.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Arscanesian economy, worth 11.2 trillion Ars a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 62,861 Ars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A surprising number of police officers have been arrested for Arceus sacrifices, strict term limits have been applied to all elected offices, every new building project has to undergo a five-year environmental impact study before it can go ahead, and grinding bureaucracy has the international wheels of justice turning slowly. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arscanesia's national animal is the Arceus, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Arscanesia is ranked 28,072^nd in the world and 917^th in the South Pacific for Most Popular Tourist Destinations, with 1,120.19 tourists per hour.