The Holy Empire of Arkins is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by the Unicorn Wizard with an even hand, and remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, daily referendums, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate population of 29.626 billion Arkolytes enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass — juggles the competing demands of Environment, Healthcare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 95.9%.

The powerhouse Arkolyte economy, worth a remarkable 3,298 trillion ninjas a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 111,350 ninjas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Turning eighteen is often referred to as the 'Age of Aquarius', cogitators and mass debaters are skiving off work to hang around the National Symposium Park, airplanes have giant grilles on their noses to knock drones out of their path, and mechanics are often exhausted by their work. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arkins's national animal is the hellhound, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Beeology.

Arkins is ranked 11,912^th in the world and 579^th in Lazarus for Smartest Citizens, with 88.22 quips per hour.