The Republic of Alison Chao is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its closed borders, keen interest in outer space, and fear of technology. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 8.925 billion Alison Chaoans are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 37.8%.

The Alison Chaoan economy, worth 455 trillion library passes a year, is quite specialized and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Arms Manufacturing, and Cheese Exports. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 51,010 library passes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.1 times as much as the poorest.

Travellers are often forcibly evicted by torch-bearing mobs, people's charity begins and ends at home, frequent fliers are obliged to submit to invasive security procedures by government security, and the government mails weekly updates on the new anti-junk mail laws to every citizen. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Alison Chao's national animal is the serpent hand operative, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Alison Chao is ranked 162,173^rd in the world and 868^th in Remembrance for Highest Average Incomes, with 51,010.47 Standard Monetary Units.