The Empire of Alternia-Null is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by His Imperial Hierarch with an iron fist, and renowned for its public floggings, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 11.838 billion Alternians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Education, Administration, and Law & Order are also considered important, while International Aid isn't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Fotisménos. The average income tax rate is 86.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Alternian economy, worth a remarkable 2,556 trillion Imperial Credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Trout Farming, and Book Publishing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 215,974 Imperial Credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Elderly tribespeople die in bed surrounded by loved ones and linguists, thieves claim they're simply working for the tax agency, war is more of a science than an art, and the government spends billions to retrieve millions worth of asteroid gold. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Alternia-Null's national animal is the Hawk, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Polurus.

Alternia-Null is ranked 14,594^th in the world and 1^st in Coalition of Nations for Lowest Crime Rates, with 100.03 law-abiding acts per hour.