The Federation of Albertstadt is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Reichskanzler Haliwell with an even hand, and remarkable for its daily referendums, anti-smoking policies, and national health service. The compassionate population of 12.918 billion Albertstadtians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dresden. The average income tax rate is 93.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Albertstadtian economy, worth a remarkable 1,565 trillion Denariis a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 121,162 Denariis, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A faint smell of body odour can be detected at several miles' distance from the National Science Park, professional athletes juggle part-time jobs to avoid bankruptcy, cloning has been banned, and sharks are enjoying their deliveries of canned food. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Albertstadt's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is is not a government delcaration.

Albertstadt is ranked 6,533^rd in the world and 16^th in Gay for Lowest Crime Rates, with 110.15 law-abiding acts per hour.