The Emirate of Althaniq is a huge, efficient nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 355 million Althaniqis are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The tiny, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Spirituality. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.3%.

The thriving Althaniqi economy, worth 27.5 trillion Althaniqi dinars a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 77,444 Althaniqi dinars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 274,129 per year while the poor average 15,797, a ratio of 17.4 to 1.

Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Althaniq's national animal is the eagle, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Althaniq is ranked 24,330^th in the world and 1^st in Althaniq for Most Primitive, scoring 76.16 on the Scary Big Number Scale.