The United Commonwealths of Alteran Republics is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Keith Ryansan with an even hand, and renowned for its free-roaming dinosaurs, sprawling nuclear power plants, and public floggings. The hard-nosed population of 13.327 billion Alterans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Greyhelm. The average income tax rate is 38.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Alteran economy, worth a remarkable 2,161 trillion Puint ₽s a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 162,220 Puint ₽s, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation is regarded as a paragon of democracy, what's in your genes matters more than what's in your jeans, every citizen sounds like a television news anchor, and many mayors are barely in office before being kicked out for minor parking violations. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Alteran Republics's national animal is the Alteran Alpine Fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Earendelism.

Alteran Republics is ranked 6,837^th in the world and 11^th in The Western Isles for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 99,928.08 Standard Monetary Units.