The Republic of Altavento is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 619 million Altaventoans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Alveria. The average income tax rate is 78.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Altaventoan economy, worth 63.7 trillion zephirs a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 102,893 zephirs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Black gold is looking more brown these days, manufacturers of biodegradable plastics have to wait for months to show evidence of organic decomposition, prime commercial land is being swamped with archaeological teams, and the military is on a massive recruiting drive in advance of an invasion of Brasilistan. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Altavento's national animal is the peregrine falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Altavento is ranked 17,776^th in the world and 315^th in the Pacific for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 3,622.26 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.