The Republic of Alliss is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Aleron Markovitch with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.092 billion Allissians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Aleudence. The average income tax rate is 69.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Allissian economy, worth 345 trillion Allissian Tokes a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 111,650 Allissian Tokes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Turnstile jumpers grow up to be tax cheats, the free market's hand is quite visible, the nation is regarded as a paragon of democracy, and carpet bombing has decimated Brasilistan's landscape and population. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Alliss's national animal is the black crowned crane, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Alliss is ranked 283,300^th in the world and 16,601^st in Lazarus for Largest Black Market, with 58.0 billion Standard Monetary Units.