The Free Dreamers' Commune of Alvia Rives is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Local Trade Unions with a fair hand, and remarkable for its ban on automobiles, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.927 billion Alvians 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 medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 49.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Alvia Rivesian economy, worth 137 trillion Roses a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 71,519 Roses, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Robosexual marriages are increasingly common, laser-wielding robots are taking aim at human hearts, the government is flooded with compensation requests, and people reciting Shakespeare have become a common sight. Crime is totally unknown. Alvia Rives's national animal is the Albatross, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Freedom.

Alvia Rives is ranked 162,020^th in the world and 164^th in The Free Nations Region for Highest Wealthy Incomes, with 101,990 Standard Monetary Units.