The Matriarchy of Alisda is a huge, genial nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, irreverence towards religion, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 768 million Alisdans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Heart. The average income tax rate is 32.4%.

The strong Alisdan economy, worth 49.9 trillion Dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Trout Farming, and Book Publishing. Average income is 64,951 Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.9 times as much as the poorest.

Business owners return from long vacations to find their factories have been turned into homeless shelters, even the nation's brussel sprouts are delicious and nutritious, the weather report is the prisoners' favourite programme, and Alisdans are regularly fired for looking at MyFace during their lunch breaks. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Alisda's national animal is the Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Alisda is ranked 18,246^th in the world and 42^nd in Aesica for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 6,743.18 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.