The Republic of Alband Hecen Salvengo Therzii is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its public floggings, frequent executions, and soft-spoken computers. The hard-nosed, democratic, devout population of 9.326 billion Alband Hecen Salvengo Therziians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 30.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Alband Hecen Salvengo Therziian economy, worth 488 trillion pounds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Cheese Exports, Basket Weaving, and Information Technology. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 52,376 pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

All telephone traffic is monitored for 'national security reasons', Alband Hecen Salvengo Therziians incessantly needle their doctors for relief, surrogate mothers are encouraged to refer to their wombs as 'rental space', and poaching has been on the rise after animals from the nation's zoos were released into the wild. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Alband Hecen Salvengo Therzii's national animal is the kangaroo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Alband Hecen Salvengo Therzii is ranked 190,585^th in the world and 41^st in Keep of Darkness XL for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -2 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.