The Armed Republic of Neu Arbuckle is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by First Warden Edwards with an iron fist, and renowned for its complete lack of prisons, fear of technology, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 1.221 billion Arbuckles are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Davis. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 74.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Arbuckle economy, worth 211 trillion pis a year, is fairly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Beef-Based Agriculture, Arms Manufacturing, Trout Farming, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 173,342 pis, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 568,461 per year while the poor average 39,670, a ratio of 14.3 to 1.

The mining industry has taken a hit from tighter environmental regulations, people feel the most alone when among peers, convicted felons are forced into slavery for their crimes, and equality looks curiously unequal. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force. Neu Arbuckle's national animal is the Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Orthodox Christianity.

Neu Arbuckle is ranked 10,892^nd in the world and 26^th in Fifth Empire for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 5,187.05 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.