The Holy Empire of Alacryan is a huge, safe nation, notable for its compulsory military service, triple-decker prams, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, devout population of 298 million Alacryanians 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 juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vechor. The average income tax rate is 43.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Alacryanian economy, worth 28.4 trillion rubles a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 95,281 rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

It's normal to start working life with crippling financial debt, prisons are filled with the cackles and sobs of a deranged inmate population, foreign governments are threatened if they so much as mention the word "election", and the nation has always been at war with Bigtopia. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Alacryan's national animal is the basilisk, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Alacryan is ranked 40,313^th in the world and 338^th in the West Pacific for Most Patriotic, with 32.15 flags saluted per person per day.