The Commonwealth of Albion is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by First Minister Edward Stark with a fair hand, and remarkable for its state-planned economy, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 8.801 billion Albishmen 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, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Londerholm. The average income tax rate is 47.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Albish economy, worth 526 trillion euromarks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Arms Manufacturing, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 59,874 euromarks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

It is illegal to distribute Girl Guide Cookies without an advanced food hygiene diploma, people who have never eaten chicken are told it tastes a bit like crocodile, stranded mountaineers can watch livestreamed footage of their rescues, and the police are destroying all photographic evidence of their own existence. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Albion's national animal is the lion, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities, and its national religion is New Avalon Catholic Church.

Albion is ranked 206,413^th in the world and 39^th in England for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -2.28 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.