The Republic of Altavento is a very large, cultured nation, renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants, national health service, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 484 million Altaventoans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Alveria. The average income tax rate is 75.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Altaventoan economy, worth 46.6 trillion zephirs a year, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 96,265 zephirs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

There is a law against "filthy foreign food", dog owners proudly declare that their pups can predict when the mailman will arrive, the nation is noticeably more cheerful on Tuesdays, and the government is raising the stakes on mental health to beat the odds of addiction. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Altavento's national animal is the peregrine falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Altavento is ranked 18,823^rd in the world and 329^th in the Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 90 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.