The Imperial Conglomerate of Arkbergen is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Supreme Executive Director with an even hand, and renowned for its ritual sacrifices, unlimited-speed roads, and enslaved workforce. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 23.119 billion Arkbergenians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The tiny, corrupt, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Labyrinth. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Arkbergenian economy, worth a remarkable 8,901 trillion Credits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Soda Sales. Average income is an amazing 385,041 Credits, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 3,362,827 per year while the poor average 6,768, a ratio of 496 to 1.

Voting is voluntary, companies are literally blowing their competition out of the water, the well-off can quite literally buy extra votes, and the government has ordered a moratorium on referenda. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arkbergen's national animal is the Black Owl, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Occult Cabal.

Arkbergen is ranked 214,993^rd in the world and 3^rd in Sovereign Corporate League for Most Extreme, scoring 13.85 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.