The United States of Alvises Republic is a mid-sized, cultured nation, remarkable for its smutty television, ban on automobiles, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 80 million Alvises Republicians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Welfare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 73.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Alvises Republician economy, worth 1.26 trillion lire 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 Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Furniture Restoration, and Tourism. Average income is 15,799 lire, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Citizens are required to report any and all incidents of prayer to their local Religious Affairs Officer, Alvises Republician Standard Vodka is the only drink that bars stock, a shipwreck is everyone's fault but the captain's, and funerals are often rudely interrupted by juggling clowns shouting for volunteers from the audience. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Alvises Republic's national animal is the racoon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Alvises Republic is ranked 324,840^th in the world and 15^th in SimDemocracy for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 4,265.92 Standard Monetary Units.