The Cayon Democratic Republic of Altnavia is a titanic, genial nation, ruled by UCL Seiteita Deril Gaelida with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 10.678 billion Altnavians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Healthcare, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New South Naranja. The average income tax rate is 79.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Altnavian economy, worth a remarkable 1,325 trillion Nulcranis a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 124,112 Nulcranis, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

In a baffling press conference UCL Seiteita Deril Gaelida proudly dismantled a broken door, the national anthem is a rather effective sleeping aid, private surgeons have been told to cut it out, and chess players with pacemakers and cochlear implants are treated with suspicion. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Altnavia's national animal is the Avren Crane, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Naelitaism.

Altnavia is ranked 295,666^th in the world and 3,669^th in the South Pacific for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -7.32 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.