The Empire of Altaika is a massive, orderly nation, renowned for its enslaved workforce, irreverence towards religion, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 2.036 billion Altaikans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Administration, Healthcare, and Education also on the agenda, while International Aid and Welfare aren't funded at all. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 15.1%.

The strong Altaikan economy, worth 136 trillion Bahrs a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Cheese Exports, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 66,865 Bahrs, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 341,797 per year while the poor average 7,193, a ratio of 47.5 to 1.

Loud Patriotic Music Day has been ranked the seventh best new holiday of the year, Leader is the self-declared God of all Altaika, small businesses are gobbled up almost daily by corporate giants, and people forget to eat because they are too busy singing Leader's praises. Crime is a problem, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Altaika's national animal is the Eagle, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Altaika is ranked 249,769^th in the world and 13,933^rd in Osiris for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 165.36 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.