The Transitionary Territory of The Alperian Union is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Provisional Seneschal-Marshal Asterion with an iron fist, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, sprawling nuclear power plants, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 9.885 billion Alperians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Education, Law & Order, and Environment are also considered important, while International Aid and Spirituality receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of High Alpia. The average income tax rate is 94.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Alperian economy, worth a remarkable 3,139 trillion Alperian Sterlons a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 317,605 Alperian Sterlons, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Protesters are up in arms over new nuclear power stations, no-one can foil the ambitions of Big Aluminium, sex education has become an intricate maze of stick figures and complex metaphors, and Provisional Seneschal-Marshal Asterion's told that love often manifests itself through homicidal four-lettered litanies. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Alperian Union's national animal is the Alpeagle, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Alperian Union is ranked 4,545^th in the world and 137^th in the Rejected Realms for Lowest Crime Rates, with 118.81 law-abiding acts per hour.