The Free Association of New Alterna is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Fraimae der Kallorss with a fair hand, and renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.14 billion New Alternans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The medium-sized, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Alterna City. The average income tax rate is 29.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse New Alternan economy, worth 308 trillion Golds a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 98,271 Golds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

New Alternan diplomacy is by the book, city-slickers are jelly of all the farmland the government is giving away, people often get liposuction to reduce their air fares, and public loudspeakers constantly tell citizens they are "happy people". Crime is totally unknown. New Alterna's national animal is the Squid, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

New Alterna is ranked 260,766^th in the world and 351^st in Carcassonne for Largest Black Market, with 131 billion Standard Monetary Units.