The People's Republic of Alkebu is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Head Representative with an even hand, and renowned for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, daily referendums, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 1.446 billion Alkebuans 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 Administration, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 81.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Alkebuan economy, worth 95.6 trillion nooks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 66,124 nooks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Families waiting for delayed pipe installations hope daily for rain, space shuttles regularly launch rubbish into space, diplomats are always trying to convince other nations to adopt l33t speak, and tough diplomacy is often best handled with a nutcracker. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Alkebu's national animal is the Crocodile, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Alkebu is ranked 273,191^st in the world and 1,002^nd in The Communist Bloc for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -9.8 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.