The Federation of Althaia is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, avant-garde cinema, and frequent executions. The compassionate population of 2.168 billion Althaians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government prioritizes Education, although Administration, Law & Order, and Welfare are also considered important, while Spirituality is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nexus city. The average income tax rate is 40.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Althaian economy, worth 150 trillion Credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 69,301 Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Scientists earn more grant money for reproducing old experiments than trying anything new, meat-eating is frowned upon, the nobility are anxious about the government's new "three executions and you're out" policy, and excited shovel-bearing geeks wander the countryside. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Althaia's national animal is the Grey fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Althaia is ranked 158,955^th in the world and 42^nd in The Hole To Hide In for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 801.21 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.