The Department of Hautes-Alpes is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Jean-Yves Dusserre with an even hand, and notable for its compulsory military service, ban on automobiles, and fear of technology. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 20.237 billion Haut-Alpins are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, moralistic government prioritizes Defense, with Spirituality, Law & Order, and Administration also on the agenda, while International Aid and Environment aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Gap. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 24.6%.

The Haut-Alpin economy, worth a remarkable 1,346 trillion francs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 66,560 francs, with the richest citizens earning 8.5 times as much as the poorest.

Postcards from Haut-Alpin driving test centres are popular souvenirs, Haut-Alpins seem to be catching more chills, being wrong on the internet has been classified as digital terrorism, and the nation has reverted back to an agrarian society after anything more advanced than the wheel was banned. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hautes-Alpes's national animal is the dolphin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.

Hautes-Alpes is ranked 26,089^th in the world and 8^th in Department Store for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring 5,716.54 on the Hickory Productivity Index.