The Empire of Alternia-Null is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by His Imperial Hierarch with an iron fist, and remarkable for its closed borders, enslaved workforce, and vat-grown people. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 6.806 billion Alternians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Administration, Education, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while International Aid isn't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Fotisménos. The average income tax rate is 82.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Alternian economy, worth a remarkable 1,470 trillion Imperial Credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Trout Farming, and Book Publishing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 216,030 Imperial Credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

New "Worker's Strike" laws set out who is allowed to strike a worker, Red Cross demand for body bags is rising while sutures go unused, exceptionally talented workers are praised more than Revolutionary heroes, and political activists are routinely executed. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Alternia-Null's national animal is the Hawk, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Polurus.

Alternia-Null is ranked 176,673^rd in the world and 6^th in Coalition of Nations for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring zero on the Clooney Contribution Index.