The Unholy Black Dominion of Arcterus is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by The Prime Executor with a fair hand, and remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, conspicuous electricity pylons, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 32.133 billion Arcterrans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, liberal, outspoken government prioritizes Education, with Environment, Healthcare, and Industry also on the agenda, while Law & Order and Spirituality receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Installation Heliopolis. The average income tax rate is 96.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Arcterian economy, worth a remarkable 5,458 trillion Sticks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, highly specialized black market in Information Technology, Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 169,875 Sticks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Stolen Reuben sandwiches are met with detailed and thorough police investigations, things are looking up for patients accidentally prescribed erectile dysfunction medication, even the nation's brussel sprouts are delicious and nutritious, and the government is plagued with uncertainty. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Arcterus's national animal is the Lazy Stoned Monk, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Arcterus is ranked 118^th in the world and 1^st in Yggdrasil for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring 280 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.