The United Socialist States of Socialist repubic of the alps is a huge, safe nation, notable for its ubiquitous missile silos, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 239 million Socialist repubic of the alpsians 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 Welfare, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 75.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Socialist repubic of the alpsian economy, worth 5.07 trillion alpian franks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 21,205 alpian franks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government snoops on private internet connections, minority children spend hours bussing to schools miles away from home, the media seems excessively interested in what Leader is wearing this season, and many marriages go virtually unconsummated. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Socialist repubic of the alps's national animal is the goat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Socialist repubic of the alps is ranked 135,654^th in the world and 90^th in Socialists for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 1,406.09 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.