The Transhumanist Dominion of Alice Gardens is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by EngulfedObject with an even hand, and renowned for its compulsory military service, frequent executions, and vat-grown people. The compassionate population of 13.456 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 3,804 trillion Augmentations a year, is quite specialized and 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 282,718 Augmentations, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Mandatory neutering has made purebred dogs a thing of the past, military pilots spend more time scraping feathers off their engines than flying their aircraft, engineers ask liberal arts majors "Do you want fries with that?", and the military will start wars with other nations on a lark. 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 Exodite, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Transhumanism.

Alice Gardens is ranked 691^st in the world and 27^th in The North Pacific for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 100.4 Effective Tax Rate.