The Transhumanist Dominion of Alice Gardens is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by EngulfedObject with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, vat-grown people, and rampant corporate plagiarism. The compassionate, democratic population of 13.833 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, socially-minded 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 income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Alice Gardensian economy, worth a remarkable 4,033 trillion Augmentations a year, is quite specialized and dominated 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 291,569 Augmentations, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Noises louder than a whisper have been prohibited by law, criminals and college students are taking an interest in the government's new weed-killing program, every workday begins with group therapy, and the nation's interest in space is at an all-time high while interest in saving the planet is at an all-time low. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Alice Gardens's national animal is the Exodite, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Transhumanism.

Alice Gardens is ranked 699^th in the world and 30^th in The North Pacific for Smartest Citizens, with 234.41 Quips Per Hour.