The Empire of Alphalos is a colossal, cultured nation, remarkable for its anti-smoking policies, restrictive gun laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 5.739 billion Alphalosians 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, Healthcare, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kamajari. The average income tax rate is 55.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Alphalosian economy, worth 578 trillion Ruby coins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 100,751 Ruby coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Paper and ink publications are subsidised by the government to keep them in the black, hazmat suits are a common Alphalosian garb, military equipment stores have a tendency to go up in flames, and arguments about toilet seats being left up or down get surprisingly heated. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Alphalos's national animal is the Nile Crocodile, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Alphalos is ranked 61,463^rd in the world and 3,352^nd in Osiris for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 3,217.7 on the Gilded Widget Scale.