The Tropical Ecotopian Republic of Almanty is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by President Anjay Ekrata with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 16.875 billion Almantians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Arachon Seafront City. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Almantian economy, worth a remarkable 4,868 trillion Role Points a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 288,494 Role Points, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

4-year-olds studying for their mathematics exams are anxious that they will be unemployable in adulthood if they fail, every week is blindness awareness week, burning twigs to keep warm while lost in the wild is now a felony, and political parties are banned from advertising and receiving private donations. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Almanty's national animal is the White Sand Seagull, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Almanty is ranked 165^th in the world and 5^th in the Pacific for Most Beautiful Environments, with 9,223.93 pounds of wildlife per square mile.