The Federal Republic of Aldessca is a huge, efficient nation, notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, daily referendums, and national health service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 799 million Aldesscans are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Heral. The average income tax rate is 27.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Aldesscan economy, worth 92.8 trillion Herals a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 116,165 Herals, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.9 times as much as the poorest.

Anti-vaxxers claim that injected children are prone to psychotic breaks when they see the 'Queen of Diamonds' playing card, urban high-volume mailers now receive their mail via chauffeur-driven limousines, belief that Leader is a lizard-person from outer space has reached an all-time high, and Leader has just been declared ruler of Aldessca in an international press conference. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Aldessca's national animal is the Wildcat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Aldessca is ranked 69,641^st in the world and 29^th in Ensio for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 2,581.23 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.