The Federal Republic of Alacritus is a large, genial nation, renowned for its free-roaming dinosaurs, national health service, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate population of 56 million Alacritusians 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 relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 19.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Alacritusian economy, worth 3.48 trillion Aethers a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 62,071 Aethers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Meat prices are soaring as the farming industry struggle under government-imposed restrictions, replacement organs are grown in vats, third world countries are rich in "I Love Alacritus City" t-shirts, and every politician claims to be at least 1% Native Alacritusian. Crime is totally unknown. Alacritus's national animal is the Aquila, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Alacritus is ranked 59,185^th in the world and 727^th in Europe for Most Beautiful Environments, with 659.16 pounds of wildlife per square mile.