The Ancient Imperium of Alistia is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Arawn Ymerawdwr Tywyll yr Isfyd with an even hand, and renowned for its digital currency, daily referendums, and otherworldly petting zoo. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 19.726 billion Alistians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The enormous, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Teml Awyr. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Alistian economy, worth a remarkable 4,966 trillion Doegs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an amazing 251,753 Doegs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government has adopted a "Lightning Never Strikes Twice" approach to dealing with natural disasters, it's considered a valid legal defence to say "a demon made me do it", the monarchy has returned to a simpler time when genitalia was the deciding factor of competence, and trade deals are born to the sound of a royal woman's anguished screams. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Alistia's national animal is the Akhal-Teke, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is the Ecclesia Hominibus.

Alistia is ranked 291,428^th in the world and 9^th in The Mystical Alliance for Most Primitive, scoring -811.16 on the Scary Big Number Scale.