The Federal Republic of Alacernia and Tremonia is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Mitchel Halden with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, avant-garde cinema, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 3.765 billion Alacernians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Alcovena. The average income tax rate is 52.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Alacernia and Tremonian economy, worth 100 trillion Alacernian Nickels a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Pizza Delivery, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 26,723 Alacernian Nickels, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

It turns out that you actually can put a price on intangible cultural heritage, several citizens have complained about scientists abducting their pets for experimentation, discarded pennies litter the streets, and the cruise missile launchers on the field hospital roof are purely deterrent in purpose. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Alacernia and Tremonia's national animal is the Alacernian parrot, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Trenonnism.

Alacernia and Tremonia is ranked 44,317^th in the world and 160^th in The Free Nations Region for Most Beautiful Environments, with 686.02 pounds of wildlife per square mile.