The Expansive Empire of Archen Federation is a mammoth, orderly nation, ruled by Emperor Scolari with an iron fist, and renowned for its anti-smoking policies, infamous sell-swords, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 8.678 billion Archonians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Stahlgate. The average income tax rate is 85.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Archonian economy, worth a remarkable 2,351 trillion Marks a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 270,975 Marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

The mark of a good ruler is the largeness of his chin, man-love is banned in the name of His love, no-one ever lasts longer than a week on a life support machine, and The Pipe Bomb Makers' Pop-Up Book can be found in preschool libraries. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Archen Federation's national animal is the Archonian Timber Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Church of the Hallowed Solar.

Archen Federation is ranked 7,374^th in the world and 13^th in Carcassonne for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 13,991.82 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.