The Watchfires of Alusia is a titanic, safe nation, renowned for its daily referendums, lack of airports, and ban on automobiles. The compassionate population of 20.987 billion Alusians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Education. The average income tax rate is 67.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Alusian economy, worth a remarkable 1,922 trillion bitcoins a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 91,594 bitcoins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

The nationalised Arms Manufacturing Industry is not interested in making weapons, scientists who publish a non-reproducible result are tarred and feathered, at least 1% of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs budget goes to Leader's wardrobe, and all the playground's a stage for Alusian schoolchildren. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Alusia's national animal is the Death's-head hawkmoth, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Alusia is ranked 17,759^th in the world and 1^st in Andalusia for Largest Populations, with 21.0 billion capita.