The Empire of Alaninia is a massive, genial nation, notable for its prohibition of alcohol, state-planned economy, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 4.42 billion Alaninians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Alaninia City. The average income tax rate is 80.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Alaninian economy, worth 336 trillion Als a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 76,168 Als, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government is ignoring the latest terrorist atrocities in Alaninia City for fear of causing a fuss, Bigtopian interference in domestic elections is always democratically sanctioned, twins move across the country to avoid being accused of the other's crimes, and cassocked priests and choirboys believe that what happens behind closed doors stays behind closed doors. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Alaninia's national animal is the Squirrel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Alaninia is ranked 10,310^th in the world and 298^th in the South Pacific for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 10,686.1 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.