The Republic of Alten is a very large, safe nation, renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants, compulsory military service, and anti-smoking policies. The quiet, industrious population of 160 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, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 23.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Altenian economy, worth 6.42 trillion Kroners a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Furniture Restoration, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 40,142 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 85,341^st in the world and 595^th in Europeia for Nicest Citizens, with 14.64 average smiles per day.