The Grand Duchy of Almanso is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 24.35 billion Almansoans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Healthcare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 65.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Almansoan economy, worth 593 trillion Nuts a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Tourism, Cheese Exports, Basket Weaving, and Pizza Delivery. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 24,390 Nuts, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Citizens can be frequently spotted going about their business stark naked, a well-funded social safety net protects the unfortunate, organ donation is compulsory, and the alarmingly racist TV show 'Bigtopians Say the Darndest Things' is a hit. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Almanso's national animal is the horse, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Almanso is ranked 98,908^th in the world and 55^th in Anarchy for Lowest Crime Rates, with 66 law-abiding acts per hour.