The Second Republic of Aliona is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Charles de Maule with an iron fist, and remarkable for its frequent executions, zero percent divorce rate, and triple-decker prams. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 8.505 billion Alionans are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The tiny, corrupt, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Avitou. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 1.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Alionan economy, worth a remarkable 3,224 trillion Ionas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Arms Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an amazing 379,114 Ionas, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 3,422,776 per year while the poor average 5,092, a ratio of 672 to 1.

Political commentators say that Charles de Maule's fruitcake plans are about to go pear-shaped, the government is purchasing vast amounts of palm oil for plastics production, people are offered free trials to go to trial, and nobility is the world's oldest profession. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Aliona's national animal is the Honk, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is OnlyHonk.

Aliona is ranked 130,982^nd in the world and 51^st in Canada for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 1,998.43 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.