The Empire of Arktera is a small, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its ban on automobiles, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 45 million Arkterans 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 enormous, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 73.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The basket case Arkteran economy, worth 659 billion Fitzezes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Trout Farming, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 14,649 Fitzezes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Diplomatic missions are often mistaken as declarations of war, policemen regularly conduct midnight raids on closed donut shops to 'collect evidence', the government is said to have a martyrdom complex, and hundreds of sailors ride the good ship Leader day after day. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arktera's national animal is the lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Arktera is ranked 191,635^th in the world and 29^th in GloPo226 for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 66.87 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.