The Socialist State of Union of Albandrite Socialist Republics is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by the Communist Party with an even hand, and remarkable for its state-planned economy, ban on automobiles, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate population of 9.489 billion Albandrites are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Revolutionary City. The average income tax rate is 82.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Union of Albandrite Socialist Republicsian economy, worth 848 trillion Shillings a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 89,423 Shillings, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Government police forces protect public schools from the threat of protest, fixing attendance at women's matches is a matter of "when they go low, we go high... funding", dog owners proudly declare that their pups can predict when the mailman will arrive, and weather forecasts are accurate but nobody has the bandwidth to view them. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Union of Albandrite Socialist Republics's national animal is the Goat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Union of Albandrite Socialist Republics is ranked 35,313^th in the world and 388^th in The Communist Bloc for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 5,108.65 on the Gilded Widget Scale.