The Grand Republic of Alesina is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Kamaya Southfield with a fair hand, and renowned for its smutty television, national health service, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 10.048 billion Alesinans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized, corrupt, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lucent. The average income tax rate is 35.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Alesinan economy, worth a remarkable 1,556 trillion lashans a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Soda Sales, Arms Manufacturing, and Information Technology. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 154,947 lashans, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Lonely children write fanfiction about absent fathers, citizens are less concerned with policy and more concerned with whether politicians "call 'em like they see 'em", it's not mass murder when the government does it, and the government has stated an intention to min-max its stats for 'teh pwnage'. Crime, especially youth-related, is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Alesina's national animal is the phoenix, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Quinquevirate Pantheon.

Alesina is ranked 93,552^nd in the world and 76^th in Aesica for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 2,279.43 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.