The Empire of Aletz is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Emperor Alena Loustau-Romanique with an iron fist, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 1.999 billion Aletzians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Gran Aletz. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 53.4%.

The powerhouse Aletzian economy, worth 186 trillion aquilas a year, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 92,951 aquilas, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 402,053 per year while the poor average 13,667, a ratio of 29.4 to 1.

Large areas of Aletz are not accessible by the public, nobles' fancy titles no longer help them cut in line at the supermarket, hospitals are amongst the best-funded in the region, and it is illegal to make racist remarks in public. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aletz's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is El Gran Echietz.

Aletz is ranked 311,976^th in the world and 51^st in Saint Helene for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring -27 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.