The Republic of Alapira is a very large, genial nation, remarkable for its punitive income tax rates, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 124 million Alapirans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 74.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Alapiran economy, worth 1.69 trillion purs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Book Publishing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 13,592 purs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Politicians preface their speeches with a declaration that any resemblance to speeches given by individuals living or dead is purely coincidental, newspapers are celebrating Leader saving over a million cats from trees, hidden bedroom-cams are installed to catch mothers doing their kids' homework, and would-be emigrants are told "abandon all hope all ye who would exit here". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Alapira's national animal is the owl, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Alapira is ranked 192,889^th in the world and 284^th in Crimson Spire for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 317.44 on the Gilded Widget Scale.