The Watchfires of Alpinist 4 is a gargantuan, orderly nation, notable for its ubiquitous missile silos, enslaved workforce, and avant-garde cinema. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 22.004 billion Alpinist 4ians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 68.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Alpinist 4ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,941 trillion $$s a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Furniture Restoration, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 88,221 $$s, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 258,860 per year while the poor average 23,701, a ratio of 10.9 to 1.

Foreign leaders who don't applaud Leader's speeches are regarded as enemies of Alpinist 4, the national defense strategy is a little floppy, charged suspects often have to wait years before the courts have room to judge their trial, and women who walk into the ladies' changing room are accused of being Peeping Toms. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Alpinist 4's national animal is the eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Alpinist 4 is ranked 56,316^th in the world and 1^st in Mission Mountains for Lowest Crime Rates, with 72.58 law-abiding acts per hour.