The Federal Republic of Arcriea is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by High Consul Arthur Leutenetia with a fair hand, and renowned for its daily referendums, pith helmet sales, and ubiquitous missile silos. The compassionate, democratic population of 5.783 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 90.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Arcriean economy, worth 780 trillion Arcran Units a year, is quite specialized and 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 135,028 Arcran Units, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Popular cartoon characters frequently appear in government-sponsored PSAs reminding students to say no to drugs, vital intelligence-gathering activities are put on hold as agents return home for seduction training and advanced poker instruction, Arcriea has been recently classified as an international menace after 'liberating' several nearby territories, and plain-clothes police officers follow Dàguó tourists everywhere they go. 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 None.

Arcriea is ranked 109,705^th in the world and 2,047^th in The North Pacific for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring 2,805.55 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.