The United Kingdom of Das Terras Altas is a huge, genial nation, renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, compulsory military service, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 633 million Altasianos 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Valley City. The average income tax rate is 63.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Das Terras Altasian economy, worth 56.7 trillion Reais a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 89,582 Reais, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens are known to cast their votes by flipping a Real, prime commercial land is being swamped with archaeological teams, the diplomatic corps tends to open negotiations by insulting all the foreigners in the room, and coffee cups have grown in size to accommodate the huge ingredients list. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Das Terras Altas's national animal is the Leão, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Das Terras Altas is ranked 26,687^th in the world and 797^th in the South Pacific for Healthiest Citizens, with 8.85 bananas ingested per day.