The Alien Hivemind of Alpha-827 is a massive, orderly nation, notable for its infamous sell-swords, pith helmet sales, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 4.168 billion Alpha-827-Bs are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Underground. The average income tax rate is 68.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Alpha-827 economy, worth 452 trillion Enzymes a year, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Trout Farming, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 108,642 Enzymes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens who don't recite the Pledge of Alpha-827 at least three times a day are placed on a terrorist watch-list, grandiose stage parents insist superyachts and private cinemas are children's basic needs, popular websites like NationStates are blocked for "national security", and search and rescue forces now accept cheques and all major credit cards. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Alpha-827's national animal is the Shambler, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Alpha-827 is ranked 29,473^rd in the world and 96^th in Confederation of Corrupt Dictators for Lowest Crime Rates, with 83.05 law-abiding acts per hour.