The People's Republic of Alangrad is a titanic, genial nation, ruled by Premier Alan with a fair hand, and remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, keen interest in outer space, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 14.385 billion Alangradians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Alantropolis. The average income tax rate is 99.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Alangradian economy, worth a remarkable 5,891 trillion Alanmarks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, fairly diversified black market in Information Technology, Book Publishing, Retail, and Tourism. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 409,543 Alanmarks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Dinner parties often end in politically charged fist fights, 50% of adverts on children's television are for clothes made of cotton wool, the automotive industry soaks up huge government handouts, and major internet servers have acquired citizenship. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Alangrad's national animal is the Moose, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Marxism-Alanism.

Alangrad is ranked 2,442^nd in the world and 67^th in The Communist Bloc for Most Developed, scoring 97.75 on the Human Development Index.