The Holy Empire of Alacryan is a huge, safe nation, notable for its anti-smoking policies, public floggings, and triple-decker prams. The hard-nosed, devout population of 227 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. The average income tax rate is 38.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Alacryanian economy, worth 19.5 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 85,792 rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Euthanasia is illegal, it's a marvellous night for a moon dance as the sparks on your home start to rise, warfare increasingly resembles a video game, and weapons produced by newly nationalized armaments factories have been found to contain sawdust instead of gunpowder. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable 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 209,501^st in the world and 2,751^st in the West Pacific for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring -0.99 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.