The Holy Black Empire of United People of Alvalade is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Pater with an iron fist, and remarkable for its compulsory vegetarianism, infamous sell-swords, and lack of airports. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 1.069 billion United People of Alvaladeans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Alvalade. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 81.7%.

The strong United People of Alvaladean economy, worth 103 trillion Alvabucks 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, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Tourism, and Cheese Exports. 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 96,988 Alvabucks, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 294,042 per year while the poor average 24,877, a ratio of 11.8 to 1.

Fair-weather fans talk during plays while die-hard theatre enthusiasts stay at home, there is a growing belief that consciousness is a simulated illusion within a computer-generated reality, the military's newest toy broadcasts United People of Alvalade's anthem on hostile frequencies to drive enemies insane, and foreigners must sell an arm and a leg to afford surgery in United People of Alvalade. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. United People of Alvalade's national animal is the White Tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

United People of Alvalade is ranked 246,699^th in the world and 9,286^th in Osiris for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 17,748.91 Standard Monetary Units.