The United States of Alvises Republic is a small, safe nation, renowned for its smutty television, state-planned economy, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 29 million Alvises Republicians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 71.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The struggling Alvises Republician economy, worth 473 billion lire a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Uranium Mining, and Tourism. Average income is 16,314 lire, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Leader's told that love often manifests itself through homicidal four-lettered litanies, blind dates reemerge as a necessary evil in the quest for love, posing for pictures is an integral part of military training, and fair-weather fans talk during plays while die-hard theatre enthusiasts stay at home. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Alvises Republic's national animal is the racoon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Alvises Republic is ranked 262,613^th in the world and 9^th in SimDemocracy for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -4.73 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.