The Dominion of Alteras is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, daily referendums, and public floggings. The compassionate, devout population of 871 million Alterasians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The enormous, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Administration, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 72.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Alterasian economy, worth 39.2 trillion Archons a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Furniture Restoration, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 45,002 Archons, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Cotton candy made from genuine cotton cellulose doesn't quite satisfy, going on a diet invalidates your passport, artificial intelligences seeking exciting work are overcome with ennui, and the new 'Who Wants To Be A Politician' election debate auditions are more popular than the debates themselves. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Alteras's national animal is the Elk, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Alteras is ranked 45,614^th in the world and 233^rd in Europeia for Lowest Crime Rates, with 75.56 law-abiding acts per hour.