The Transhumanist Dominion of Alice Gardens is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by EngulfedObject with an even hand, and remarkable for its national health service, smutty television, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, democratic population of 11.817 billion Pods are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Eclipse Phase. The average income tax rate is 99.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Alice Gardensian economy, worth a remarkable 2,956 trillion Augmentations a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 250,183 Augmentations, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

No personal detail is too tiny for the suede-denim census police, doctors accused of having no heart reply that cardiology isn't their speciality, strip mining of rare earth metals is up while back problems are down, and vital intelligence-gathering activities are put on hold as agents return home for seduction training and advanced poker instruction. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Alice Gardens's national animal is the Monster, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Transhumanism.

Alice Gardens is ranked 69,973^rd in the world and 4,268^th in The North Pacific for Most Extensive Civil Rights, with 65.14 Martin Luther King, Jr. Units.