The Socialist State of ABC is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Avis Axl with an even hand, and renowned for its anti-smoking policies, otherworldly petting zoo, and daily referendums. The compassionate, cheerful population of 4.797 billion Alphas enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Verum. The average income tax rate is 98.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Alphasian economy, worth 749 trillion Unoes a year, is highly specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 156,201 Unoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

When electric cars arrived nobody heard them coming, jokes told in elementary school often come back to haunt politicians, nations that kill an Alpha can expect a strongly worded letter, and the nation is committed to nuclear rearmament. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. ABC's national animal is the Panda, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Alphanism.

ABC is ranked 40,745^th in the world and 1,917^th in The North Pacific for Highest Wealthy Incomes, with 192,447.63 Standard Monetary Units.