The Red Coalition of Alcala-Cordel is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Nikolia with an even hand, and remarkable for its daily referendums, state-planned economy, and hatred of cheese. The compassionate, cheerful population of 5.466 billion Alcali 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 Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nicosia. The average income tax rate is 99.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Alcali economy, worth a remarkable 1,020 trillion iwas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 186,713 iwas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Attendance of fathers at PTA meetings is at an all-time high, Nikolia's new door-knocking campaign has the sweet taste of success, a government program is underway to revitalize Alcala-Cordel's beaches, and all recreational drugs are legal. Crime is totally unknown. Alcala-Cordel's national animal is the Salamander, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Alcala-Cordel is ranked 1,753^rd in the world and 1^st in The DankLeft Commune for Healthiest Citizens, with 29.05 bananas ingested per day.