The Holy Factory of Aluminum Oxynitride is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Moe Elsass with a fair hand, and renowned for its smutty television, infamous sell-swords, and otherworldly petting zoo. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 6.258 billion Aloneans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Burlington. The average income tax rate is 96.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Alonean economy, worth a remarkable 1,220 trillion Bricks a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 194,978 Bricks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Politicians can be condescending (which by the way means "showing an attitude of patronising superiority"), most people suffer from some form of hearing loss, there has been a series of riots between local cannibals and health food advocates, and citizens praise the weeds that overwhelm their narrow vegetable realm. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Aluminum Oxynitride's national animal is the Cow, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Tolerance.

Aluminum Oxynitride is ranked 272,221^st in the world and 2,486^th in the West Pacific for Most Patriotic, with 0.4 flags saluted per person per day.