The Federation of Archshaven is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by President Simari Marcel with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, frequent executions, and daily referendums. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.865 billion Archshavenians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Welfare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Aurelion Bay. The average income tax rate is 41.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Archshavenian economy, worth 216 trillion Shafens a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Cheese Exports. Average income is an impressive 116,206 Shafens, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Artists are pillars of society, search and rescue forces now accept cheques and all major credit cards, mandatory updates on software drivers often bring life to a halt, and paranoid museum guards keep a lookout for any animated displays attempting to escape the premises after dark. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Archshaven's national animal is the Sea Turtle, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Total Seperation.

Archshaven is ranked 128,441^st in the world and 253^rd in The UMNS for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 910.9 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.