The Commonwealth of New Alleghenia is a very large, orderly nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, enslaved workforce, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 315 million New Alleghenians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The tiny, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government is dominated by the Department of Defense, although Administration, Law & Order, and Industry are also considered important, while International Aid and Spirituality are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Portersburgh. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.6%.

The all-consuming New Alleghenian economy, worth 36.8 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Gambling, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an impressive 116,975 Dollars, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,021,624 per year while the poor average 2,056, a ratio of 496 to 1.

Government winter plans get a frosty reception, chicken farmers must rise before the sun every day to gag their cockerels, hand-to-hand combat experience is udderly essential for all dairy ranchers, and most farmers are indentured to agrochemical conglomerates. Crime is a major problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. New Alleghenia's national animal is the Ruffed Grouse, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

New Alleghenia is ranked 308,354^th in the world and 87^th in Anteria for Highest Poor Incomes, with 2,056.28 Standard Monetary Units.