The Avatar of Thanatos of Altys is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Nathan Hermet with an even hand, and remarkable for its irreverence towards religion, suspicion of poets, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 13.42 billion Altysians 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 prioritizes Healthcare, although Administration, Industry, and Environment are also considered important. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Elysium. The average income tax rate is 69.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Altysian economy, worth 791 trillion Drachmas a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Furniture Restoration, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 58,925 Drachmas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Banana distribution among collective farm workers is an important topic in public discourse, pregnancy tests are under fire from the government for being marketed only to women, sharing vacation pictures requires written consent from the entire beach resort, and passionate nomination battles are often as intense as general elections. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Altys's national animal is the Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Altys is ranked 70,014^th in the world and 1^st in Auctoritan Commonwealth for Most Extensive Civil Rights, with 70.93 Martin Luther King, Jr. Units.