The Principality of Altreau is a colossal, cultured nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, absence of drug laws, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 8.85 billion Altreauans live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The minute, corrupt, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, is dominated by the Department of Industry, with Administration also on the agenda, while Law & Order and Environment are ignored. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 2.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Altreauan economy, worth a remarkable 1,261 trillion peus a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Soda Sales, Information Technology, and Gambling. Average income is an impressive 142,594 peus, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 851,747 per year while the poor average 10,877, a ratio of 78.3 to 1.

Textbooks are exactly twice as heavy as they used to be, half-submerged and flooded seaside hotels are technically still next to the beach, burgers often list "miscellaneous meats" in their ingredients, and cities are engulfed by smog. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Altreau's national animal is the lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Altreau is ranked 281,877^th in the world and 52^nd in Libertium for Most Patriotic, with 0.48 flags saluted per person per day.