The Commonwealth of Arucaria is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by President James Reed with a fair hand, and notable for its ubiquitous missile silos, absence of drug laws, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 5.489 billion Arucarians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The relatively small, liberal, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Welfare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Prime City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 28.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Arucarian economy, worth a remarkable 1,170 trillion credits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Automobile Manufacturing, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is an amazing 213,223 credits, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,110,954 per year while the poor average 22,064, a ratio of 50.3 to 1.

Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is illegal, 'Mountain Doobie' is widely regarded as the nation's favourite drink, royalist is the most offensive slur in the Arucarian language, and crime is on the rise as DNA sampling has been all but outlawed. Crime is totally unknown. Arucaria's national animal is the eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Arucaria is ranked 1,605^th in the world and 38^th in The North Pacific for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 12,327.23 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.