The Republic of Alten is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its compulsory military service, sprawling nuclear power plants, and anti-smoking policies. The quiet, industrious population of 225 million Altenians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 25.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Altenian economy, worth 8.83 trillion Kroners a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration, Automobile Manufacturing, and Pizza Delivery. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 39,222 Kroners, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Netizens fiercely argue over who loves Leader more, skin-tone prom dresses are more unpopular than ever, prisoners pray grey skies are gonna clear up, and the running costs of homeless shelters are so high that it would be cheaper to buy houses for the homeless. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Alten's national animal is the Brown Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Alten is ranked 113,896^th in the world and 490^th in Europeia for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 1,307.79 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.