The Grand Republic of Alesina is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Kamaya Southfield with a fair hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, museums and concert halls, and daily referendums. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 10.055 billion Alesinans 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 medium-sized, corrupt, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lucent. The average income tax rate is 35.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Alesinan economy, worth a remarkable 1,557 trillion lashans a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Soda Sales, Arms Manufacturing, and Information Technology. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 154,947 lashans, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Lonely children write fanfiction about absent fathers, citizens are less concerned with policy and more concerned with whether politicians "call 'em like they see 'em", it's not mass murder when the government does it, and the government has stated an intention to min-max its stats for 'teh pwnage'. Crime, especially youth-related, is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Alesina's national animal is the phoenix, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Quinquevirate Pantheon.

Alesina is ranked 17,292^nd in the world and 16^th in Aesica for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 7,364 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.