The People's Republic of Sodoran Alesia is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Kirk Socramander with a fair hand, and notable for its smutty television, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 6.081 billion Sodoran Alesians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Coastal Tiber. The average income tax rate is 98.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Sodoran Alesian economy, worth a remarkable 1,206 trillion leutesmarks 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 Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Trout Farming. Average income is an impressive 198,352 leutesmarks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The thin blue line is composed of picketing police officers demanding better pensions, shaken martini sales have soared in nations surrounding Sodoran Alesia, maximum security fish farms leave caged salmon pining for the fjords, and the nation's politicians are known more for the internet memes they spawn than any of their accomplishments. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Sodoran Alesia's national animal is the Haast's Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Sodoran Alesia is ranked 182,447^th in the world and 672^nd in The Communist Bloc for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 17.4 on the Bus Surprisal Index.