The Most Serene Republic of Alphacon is a gargantuan, genial nation, notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, ubiquitous missile silos, and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 11.109 billion Alphaconians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of White City. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Secret Independent economy, worth a remarkable 4,689 trillion Rubies a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an amazing 422,126 Rubies, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Soylent products are an expensive commodity due to a lack of volunteers, schools have extensive counseling programs for troubled students, a good deed is rewarded with a thank you note attached to a deportation order, and the government is making attempts at curtailing the flood of spam emails with little progress. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Alphacon's national animal is the Monster, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Alphacon is ranked 39,366^th in the world and 1^st in The Secret Natural Habitats for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring 3,580.96 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.