The Republic of Alkashia is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Lim Yueng with a fair hand, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, deadly medical pandemics, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 1.733 billion Alkashians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Velisar. The average income tax rate is 11.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Alkashian economy, worth 178 trillion Alkashian Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Soda Sales, Information Technology, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 102,914 Alkashian Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Street preachers sell salvation with a side order of shame on every corner, pet owners make sure their dogs wear diapers, calling tech support mid-shootout is a common occurrence, and the military is recruiting war criminals to join its weapons research teams. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low. Alkashia's national animal is the Snakehead Fish, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways, and its national religion is Burger king.

Alkashia is ranked 95,559^th in the world and 117^th in The League for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 962.01 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.