The United Commonwealths of Great Altera is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Keith Ryansan with an even hand, and notable for its daily referendums, vat-grown people, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate population of 2.263 billion Alterans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Greyhelm. The average income tax rate is 58.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Great Alteran economy, worth 205 trillion Eingots a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Basket Weaving, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 90,712 Eingots, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Monocled merchants with funny accents are applying for Great Alteran citizenship in droves, edutainment video games are taking Great Altera's students to the next level, maximum security fish farms leave caged salmon pining for the fjords, and brave curators do battle with disorganised government libraries. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Great Altera's national animal is the Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Great Altera is ranked 67,107^th in the world and 33^rd in The Western Isles for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 3,184 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.