The Vanished triangle of Arcove is a huge, cultured nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space, compulsory vegetarianism, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 892 million arcovi 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 juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of arcadia oaks. The average income tax rate is 67.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong arcovien economy, worth 55.1 trillion very edible credit cards a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 61,800 very edible credit cards, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government is promoting multicultural values with the new 'Just Be Nice, OK?' initiative, engineers preemptively order lawyers after every power cut, arbitration is mightier than the sword, and astronauts take one small step for Arcove and one giant step backward from confrontation. Crime is totally unknown. Arcove's national animal is the shadow mephit, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Arcove is ranked 129,231^st in the world and 87^th in Karma for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 850.65 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.