The Confederacy of Alcarres is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Akkin Gunaydin with an iron fist, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 8.012 billion Alcarresians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ieraskevi. The average income tax rate is 69.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Alcarresian economy, worth 349 trillion Alcans a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Uranium Mining, and Gambling. Average income is 43,613 Alcans, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Old folks reminisce about the last time someone was acquitted of a crime, there's a literal nanny state for the legions of children taken by social services, cotton candy made from genuine cotton cellulose doesn't quite satisfy, and even immigrants complain that immigrants keep taking their jobs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Alcarres's national animal is the Mountain Goat, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Durnstaali Orthodox Christianity.

Alcarres is ranked 233,122^nd in the world and 191^st in Coalition of Crown Albatross for Highest Food Quality, scoring 8.96 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.