The Matriarchy of Alisda is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its irreverence towards religion, absence of drug laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 600 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 31.0%.

The strong Alisdan economy, worth 39.5 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 65,838 Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.8 times as much as the poorest.

Juries deliberate more than magic 8-balls, employers are never quite sure if graduates' qualifications have any merit or meaning, all footpaths have tollbooths, and kids looking for shark teeth have become ancient history. 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 93,506^th in the world and 90^th in Aesica for Most Developed, scoring 63.1 on the Human Development Index.