The Gilded Lands of Alamei is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Eliana Marchesi with a fair hand, and remarkable for its national health service, complete lack of prisons, and smutty television. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 12.752 billion Alameians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lockwood. The average income tax rate is 99.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Alameian economy, worth a remarkable 2,884 trillion Norrels a year, is highly specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 226,232 Norrels, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Economists have been named Invertebrates of the Year, saying "don't do anything that Eliana Marchesi wouldn't do" doesn't exclude a great deal, skateparks can be found in every city, and Lockwood's main city thoroughfare has been blocked by a row of leyland cypresses that mysteriously appeared overnight. Crime is totally unknown. Alamei's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Alamei is ranked 219,801^st in the world and 8,193^rd in The North Pacific for Most Armed, with 0.17 Weapons Per Person.