The Progressive Union of Seeker Alpha is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Dale the Honorable Skeptic with a fair hand, and renowned for its smutty television, absence of drug laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 28.35 billion Seeker Alphans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sagan. The average income tax rate is 79.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Seeker Alphan economy, worth a remarkable 5,263 trillion credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 185,655 credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Third world countries are rich in "I Love Sagan" t-shirts, former customs officers are adjusting to their new lives as market stall traders, graverobbers claim they're acting within the interest of 'scientific preservation', and retirement homes are often fitted with luxurious suites. Crime is totally unknown. Seeker Alpha's national animal is the badger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Unitarian Universalism.

Seeker Alpha is ranked 127,287^th in the world and 58^th in Texas for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring 1,892.04 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.