The Republic of Altsachsen is a titanic, safe nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The devout population of 11.441 billion Altsachsenians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Spirituality, and Education. The average income tax rate is 64.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Altsachsenian economy, worth 357 trillion Euros a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Basket Weaving, and Information Technology. Average income is 31,201 Euros, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

All major public areas are watched by police surveillance cameras, the mining industry is making inroads into environmentally sensitive areas, a large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, and members of the government all have oddly similar anecdotes about their childhoods. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Altsachsen's national animal is the Horse.

Altsachsen is ranked 228,677^th in the world and 1^st in Cryzecia for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 183.47 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.