The Republic of Altavento is a huge, efficient nation, notable for its national health service, vat-grown people, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 514 million Altaventoans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Alveria. The average income tax rate is 76.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Altaventoan economy, worth 50.4 trillion zephirs a year, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 98,134 zephirs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Compliance officers smash the kneecaps of unethical bureaucrats, travelers praise airports for their endless beige corridors, the importance of winning Olympic gold medals is indoctrinated from an early age, and fixing attendance at women's matches is a matter of "when they go low, we go high... funding". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Altavento's national animal is the peregrine falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Altavento is ranked 20,954^th in the world and 340^th in the Pacific for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 3,255.48 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.