The Most Serene Republic of Alpanna is a huge, safe nation, ruled by Larth Selvna with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and zero percent divorce rate. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 935 million Alpanni enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized government prioritizes Administration, although Law & Order, Education, and Spirituality are also considered important, while International Aid and Welfare aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Alpanna. The average income tax rate is 33.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Alpanni economy, worth 76.8 trillion maches a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 82,149 maches, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Vanity is considered the fifth cardinal virtue, the realistic depiction of tentacles is on the core syllabus of most art schools, military strategists are questioning the wisdom of subsidizing the economies of sworn enemies, and the Federal Council of Alpanna has been announced as the new Head of State. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Alpanna's national animal is the hippocampus.

Alpanna is ranked 76,820^th in the world and 1,200^th in The North Pacific for Most Developed, scoring 68.23 on the Human Development Index.