The Empire of Alfredow is a small, efficient nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-working population of 29 million Alfredowians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The tiny, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Spirituality. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.1%.

The very strong Alfredowian economy, worth 1.64 trillion Alfredish pounds a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Trout Farming, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 56,669 Alfredish pounds, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 200,590 per year while the poor average 11,559, a ratio of 17.4 to 1.

It is illegal to make racist remarks in public. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Alfredow's national animal is the White shark, which can occasionally be seen avoiding garbage in the nation's murky oceans.

Alfredow is ranked 162,690^th in the world and 2,917^th in The East Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 60.42 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.