The Federal Republic of Arcriea is a massive, safe nation, ruled by High Consul Arthur Leutenetia with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 4.513 billion Arcrieans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Arcranopolis. The average income tax rate is 88.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Arcriean economy, worth 617 trillion Arcran Units a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 136,776 Arcran Units, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The standardised national curriculum requires that all-male classes be taught why they have periods, people who have had childhood imaginary friends are told they can't ever be trusted with guns, up to 40% of voters can finally read the issues they're deciding on, and tipsy fans frequently invite themselves to the board meetings of sports clubs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arcriea's national animal is the Arcriean Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Secularism.

Arcriea is ranked 9,025^th in the world and 446^th in The North Pacific for Most Beautiful Environments, with 1,692.94 pounds of wildlife per square mile.