The Empire of New Arpad is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by the Emperor with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, pith helmet sales, and complete absence of social welfare. The compassionate, humorless, devout population of 43.345 billion New Arpadians 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 minute, corrupt government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Law & Order. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient New Arpadian economy, worth an astonishing 14,871 trillion Dimes a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Arms Manufacturing, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 343,091 Dimes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Consumption of cat memes has skyrocketed, populations of two-headed Eddies have been found around recently-uncovered archaeological sites, being sent to collections is more dangerous than ever, and the nation's navy has been named the scourge of the seven thousand seas. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. New Arpad's national animal is the Eddie, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

New Arpad is ranked 6,426^th in the world and 177^th in the Rejected Realms for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 501.18 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.