The Republic of Almenevsky District is a huge, genial nation, notable for its zero percent divorce rate, public floggings, and suspicion of poets. The quiet, industrious population of 511 million Almenevsky Districtians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 43.7%.

The very strong Almenevsky Districtian economy, worth 40.1 trillion Ducats a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 78,550 Ducats, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.1 times as much as the poorest.

Search and rescue forces now accept cheques and all major credit cards, suicide victims often leave behind cash to cover the cost of their fines, the transit system is throwing poor people under the bus, and public loudspeakers constantly tell citizens they are "happy people". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Almenevsky District's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Almenevsky District is ranked 153,163^rd in the world and 206^th in Novaya Zemlya for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 436.5 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.