The State of Altuntla is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape and irreverence towards religion. The hard-working, democratic population of 13.644 billion Altuntlans live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The tiny, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Westminster. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.0%.

The very strong Altuntlan economy, worth 708 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Automobile Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is 51,925 betales, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 150,380 per year while the poor average 14,208, a ratio of 10.6 to 1.

Surveillance cameras are banned, the mining industry is making inroads into environmentally sensitive areas, scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, and Altuntla has designated Westminster as its capital city. Crime is a problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Altuntla's national animal is the deer, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Altuntla is ranked 228,176^th in the world and 529^th in Ancient Lands for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 233.54 on the Gilded Widget Scale.