The Dominion of Albend is a huge, cultured nation, renowned for its avant-garde cinema, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 622 million Albanians 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Atlantis. The average income tax rate is 50.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Albanian economy, worth 55.7 trillion harps a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 89,524 harps, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

100-year-old politicians are now a thing of the past, goldfish bowls are three metres in diameter, signatures have been replaced with illegible scribbles, and giggling teens are asked to put their mouths on rubber dolls. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Albend's national animal is the pig, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Albend is ranked 125,016^th in the world and 2,706^th in the South Pacific for Most Patriotic, with 12.9 flags saluted per person per day.