The Republic of Alcoholic Beverages is a gargantuan, orderly nation, renowned for its public floggings. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 23.303 billion Alcoholic Beveragesians 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 medium-sized, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Healthcare, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 28.4%.

The Alcoholic Beveragesian economy, worth 954 trillion dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Pizza Delivery, and Information Technology. Average income is 40,956 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

Scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes and thieves are flogged in public for their crimes. Crime is moderate. Alcoholic Beverages's national animal is the eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Alcoholic Beverages is ranked 193,866^th in the world and 1^st in Topids Stash for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 880.7 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.