The Republic of Albatrossi is a huge, safe nation, notable for its compulsory military service, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 308 million Albatrossians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Welfare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 56.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Albatrossian economy, worth 11.3 trillion dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Woodchip Exports, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 36,708 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Translators have been hired to deal with the varying regional accents during national political debates, employers are finding it hard to screen candidates now that everyone gets A grades in their exams, most citizens in Albatrossi are abject pyrophobes after extremely graphic pamphlets were mailed nationwide by the government, and some electoral districts are without a representative as they are stuck with perpetual revotes. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Albatrossi's national animal is the albatross, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Albatrossi is ranked 207,296^th in the world and 3^rd in Coalition for Collective Cooperation for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 36.46 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.