The Inhospitable Ski Slopes of Agalaesia is a gargantuan, cultured nation, remarkable for its anti-smoking policies, keen interest in outer space, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 11.3 billion Agalaesians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Deiliannis. The average income tax rate is 87.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Agalaesian economy, worth 747 trillion Agalaors a year, is highly specialized and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 66,106 Agalaors, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Census workers are having a hard time figuring out who is actually living in Agalaesia after the ban on emigration was lifted, internet moderator is one of the most popular jobs among the nation's more socially awkward citizens, knitters are arrested for carrying needles in their bags, and national parks have long lines of different gender-specific 'Porta-Pottys'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Agalaesia's national animal is the Raven, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Elfism.

Agalaesia is ranked 283,482^nd in the world and 6,987^th in the Rejected Realms for Most Armed, with 0.14 weapons per person.