The Ephemeral Republic of Alethria is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by mika with a fair hand, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, absence of drug laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 3.673 billion Alethrians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. The average income tax rate is 91.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Alethrian economy, worth 433 trillion Potatoes 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 mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 117,946 Potatoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government has declared its commitment to multilateralism, inter-species marriages are ignored by the government, frat-house partying has become the national pastime, and the saying "when pigs fly" has been changed to "when the lights work". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Alethria's national animal is the Blåhaj, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is the woke agenda.

Alethria is ranked 14,335^th in the world and 62^nd in Refugia for Highest Poor Incomes, with 106,406.39 Standard Monetary Units.