The Republic of Alpha Trion is a massive, socially progressive nation, renowned for its absence of drug laws and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-working, cynical, devout population of 3.66 billion Alpha Trionians enjoy great individual freedoms in everything except elections, which, where they exist at all, are populist shams for a dictatorship government that has no intention of ever giving up power.

The relatively small, liberal, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Law & Order, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.8%.

The strong Alpha Trionian economy, worth 180 trillion rubledollars a year, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 49,310 rubledollars, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 287,858 per year while the poor average 3,974, a ratio of 72.4 to 1.

Crime is a serious problem. Alpha Trion's national animal is the hawk, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Alpha Trion is ranked 60,306^th in the world and 477^th in Suspicious for Highest Food Quality, scoring 30.66 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.