The Community of The Aldholt Republic is a mammoth, safe nation, ruled by Zeldin Paulose with an even hand, and remarkable for its daily referendums, anti-smoking policies, and prohibition of alcohol. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 5.699 billion Aldholt Republicans are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Falloch. The average income tax rate is 38.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Aldhric economy, worth 224 trillion Vals a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 39,389 Vals, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Administrative districts are increasingly defined by their taste in housing architecture, comatose jurors are the defense's favorite, safety warnings are prohibited lest they give people ideas, and bus ads propagandize causes ranging from sexual revolution to religious pogroms. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Aldholt Republic's national animal is the Dove, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities, and its national religion is Secularism.

The Aldholt Republic is ranked 112,446^th in the world and 205^th in Forest for Most Cultured, scoring 65 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.