The Transhumanist Dominion of Alice Gardens is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by EngulfedObject with an even hand, and remarkable for its otherworldly petting zoo, pith helmet sales, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 17.334 billion Pods enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

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 5,761 trillion Augmentations a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 332,353 Augmentations, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Students are known to arrive at school in their pyjamas, male cubicle workers stand up every time a woman enters the room, rebuilding efforts for a recently destroyed cathedral aren't expected to be completed for another century, and international trade is a sticky issue. 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 5,207^th in the world and 212^th in The North Pacific for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector, scoring 31,346.97 on the Charon Conveyancy Index.