The United Socialist States of Algieres is a tiny, safe nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, frequent executions, and irreverence towards religion. The cynical population of 8 million Algereis are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Welfare, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 70.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The fragile Algieresian economy, worth 207 billion dinars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Retail. Average income is 25,957 dinars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation's universities are often mistaken for foreign embassies, theft is considered to be okay if the crime happened a long time ago, the youth vote is only counted when kindergarten teachers ask who drew the best picture, and unshaven men are viewed with suspicion in courts of law. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Algieres's national animal is the bison, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Algieres is ranked 35,255^th in the world and 3^rd in Kerbals of the North for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 70.15 Effective Tax Rate.