The Federation of Alderan is a large, efficient nation, notable for its frequent executions, unlimited-speed roads, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 56 million Alderanians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Education, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 11.9%.

The very strong Alderanian economy, worth 3.79 trillion Credito alderans a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 67,627 Credito alderans, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.3 times as much as the poorest.

Restaurants are required to specify whether their toilet paper was made in Alderan, homeless people dying of starvation are thought to be a necessary cost of preventing terrorism, a child's only Trickster Night scare is the sight of their parents dancing, and male cubicle workers stand up every time a woman enters the room. Crime is almost non-existent. Alderan's national animal is the crocodile, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Alderan is ranked 117,299^th in the world and 54^th in Magna Aurea for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 1,659.96 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.