The Isolated Protected Islands of Almanty is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Anjay Ekrata with an even hand, and remarkable for its anti-smoking policies, frequent executions, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic, humorless, devout population of 10.203 billion Almantians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Arachon Seafront City. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Almantian economy, worth a remarkable 1,890 trillion Role Points a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 185,318 Role Points, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

It's been a banner year for local vexillology, it is illegal for police officers to carry out searches due to strict privacy laws, the importance of winning Olympic gold medals is indoctrinated from an early age, and people reciting Shakespeare have become a common sight. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Almanty's national animal is the White Sand Seagull, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Almanty is ranked 244,373^rd in the world and 6,038^th in the Pacific for Largest Mining Sector, scoring -35.75 on the Blue Sky Asbestos Index.