The Kingdom of Alyssya is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by King Ashin Hpaya with an iron fist, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, strictly enforced bedtime, and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 8.702 billion Alyssyanesse are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lanaraz. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 18.6%.

The strong Alyssyanesse economy, worth 585 trillion Sesens a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. Average income is 67,323 Sesens, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 193,094 per year while the poor average 18,673, a ratio of 10.3 to 1.

Anti-government web sites are springing up, newly synthesized elements' half-lives are a million times shorter than the time it takes to say their names, patriotic citizens chant "there's only one Alyssya" at foreigners, and the government's religious works are headed by a New Age guru. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Alyssya's national animal is the Jungle Cat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Orangeism.

Alyssya is ranked 69,943^rd in the world and 30^th in Aceon for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 3,499.42 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.