The Armed Republic of Alarvan is a huge, orderly nation, remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, ubiquitous missile silos, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 321 million Alarvanians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 45.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Alarvanian economy, worth 20.6 trillion Alarvanian Murgs a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 64,106 Alarvanian Murgs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

"Leader got your tongue?" has become a popular idiom, Alarvan has designated Alarvan City as its capital city, Lions that venture near secret military bases are routinely executed for espionage, and the nation's orphanages and maternity wards have been nicknamed 'the Killbot Factories'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Alarvan's national animal is the Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Alarvan is ranked 254,460^th in the world and 194^th in Kantrias for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring -7.06 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.