The Commonwealth of Archivis is a small, safe nation, remarkable for its ban on automobiles, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical population of 45 million Archivisians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 78.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The basket case Archivisian economy, worth 724 billion Sparkles a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 16,102 Sparkles, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Praying at the office can see you terminated for napping, the number of eyes rolled per maths lesson is increasing exponentially, Archivisians ask their doctors whether chili peppers are right for them, and citizens tint their front windows to avoid starring in the 'TV Detector Patrol Unit' documentary. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Archivis's national animal is the moth, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Archivis is ranked 307,587^th in the world and 262^nd in Aesica for Highest Average Incomes, with 16,102.02 Standard Monetary Units.