The Tuberous Garden of An Alliance of Potatoes is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by The Salaxalans with an iron fist, and remarkable for its triple-decker prams, frequent executions, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 7.95 billion Alliances of Potatoesians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The enormous, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Great Potato. The average income tax rate is 67.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Alliance of Potatoesian economy, worth 580 trillion Potatoes a year, is quite specialized and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Cheese Exports. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 73,080 Potatoes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

The health budget has been diverted into prolonging The Salaxalans's life, when their backs are against the walls Alliances of Potatoesians look out for gay men, politicians' financial records are locked up tighter than the nation's Potato reserves, and the military has gone fission for more funding. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. An Alliance of Potatoes's national animal is the Potato, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Potatoism.

An Alliance of Potatoes is ranked 63,916^th in the world and 1^st in The Potato Alliance for Lowest Crime Rates, with 71.05 law-abiding acts per hour.