The Kingdom of Aleth is a very large, cultured nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, pith helmet sales, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 174 million Alethians 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 relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 12.3%.

The all-consuming Alethian economy, worth 17.3 trillion guilders a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Basket Weaving, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 99,194 guilders, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.0 times as much as the poorest.

The government is trying to clean up all the rubbish that has washed up on the shores of Bigtopia and Marche Noire, politicians are forced to wear portable lie detectors at all times, it is illegal to distribute Girl Guide Cookies without an advanced food hygiene diploma, and city budgets are spent entirely on supporting the town royalty. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aleth's national animal is the swan, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Aleth is ranked 67,306^th in the world and 115^th in Concord for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 2,847.68 on the Gilded Widget Scale.