The Federation of Albertstadt is a titanic, genial nation, ruled by Reichskanzler Haliwell with an even hand, and notable for its compulsory military service, anti-smoking policies, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 18.145 billion Albertstadtians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dresden. The average income tax rate is 96.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Albertstadtian economy, worth a remarkable 2,437 trillion Denariis a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 134,337 Denariis, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Civil engineers are undermining sinkholes, public spending advocates dread when the government says they're here to help, increasing inclusiveness is a sign of the times, and apples shaped like baguettes have become a strange new food fad. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Albertstadt's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is is not a government delcaration.

Albertstadt is ranked 22,082^nd in the world and 29^th in Gay for Largest Populations, with 18.1 billion capita.