The Second Republic of Aliona is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Charles de Maule with an iron fist, and renowned for its parental licensing program, enslaved workforce, and complete lack of prisons. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 8.529 billion Alionans are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The tiny, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Avitou. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 1.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Alionan economy, worth a remarkable 3,240 trillion Ionas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Arms Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an amazing 379,945 Ionas, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 3,430,273 per year while the poor average 5,103, a ratio of 672 to 1.

Neighboring nations are tired of Aliona's big fish stories, artists are pillars of society, parking lots are littered with coffee cups and doughnut crumbs, and no one believes anything until it has been strenuously tested and peer-reviewed. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Aliona's national animal is the Honk, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is OnlyHonk.

Aliona is ranked 38,831^st in the world and 31^st in Canada for Largest Black Market, with 32.4 trillion Standard Monetary Units.