The Federation of Alpharad is a colossal, genial nation, renowned for its zero percent divorce rate and irreverence towards religion. The hard-working population of 4.765 billion Alpharadians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 25.2%.

The Alpharadian economy, worth 204 trillion Delta Eagles a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Arms Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 42,839 Delta Eagles, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.1 times as much as the poorest.

Park rangers perform full-body searches on suspected fungus smugglers, children seem to be getting better at lying these days, major cities shut down as their local sports team takes to the field every day, and stony-faced prosecutors play loud gangster rap music during court proceedings. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Alpharad's national animal is the Kitsune.

Alpharad is ranked 230,024^th in the world and 1^st in The third internationale for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 40 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.