The Owl Queen of Altino is a titanic, efficient nation, notable for its rum-swilling pirates, daily referendums, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 22.181 billion Altinians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Princess Dinosaur City. The average income tax rate is 33.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Altinian economy, worth a remarkable 1,995 trillion mikas a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Pizza Delivery. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 89,951 mikas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Mall countdown clocks warn that there are only 364 more shopping days until Maxxmas, only Leader's friends count in the eyes of the government, country folk are sent to obligatory boarding schools to learn how to be civilized, and NPCs in MMORPGs regularly interrupt cutscenes with OOC reminders that they aren't real people. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Altino's national animal is the Owl, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Altino is ranked 33,129^th in the world and 56^th in Karma for Most Cultured, scoring 77 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.