The Free the radiated of The United States of Altaria is a massive, genial nation, ruled by President Alatarta with an even hand, and renowned for its frequent executions, zero percent divorce rate, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate population of 3.034 billion Altarians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Alataria. The average income tax rate is 77.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient United States of Altarian economy, worth 341 trillion Bricks of Uranium a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Uranium Mining, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 112,625 Bricks of Uranium, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Evasive politicians don't fail to strongly commit to not committing to a course of non-inaction, hedge fund managers are diversifying into herbaceous borders, cassocked priests and choirboys believe that what happens behind closed doors stays behind closed doors, and The United States of Altaria's free colleges struggle to maintain standards in the face of overwhelming demand. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The United States of Altaria's national animal is the Tit, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The United States of Altaria is ranked 27,224^th in the world and 1,047^th in The North Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 83 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.