The United Kingdom of Altheeria is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by King Alberto V of Bisenza with a fair hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, national health service, and smutty television. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 8.915 billion althériens 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 enormous, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Artevezza. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient althérien economy, worth a remarkable 2,197 trillion Altherian lires a year, is highly specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 246,500 Altherian lires, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Kids building model rockets in their backyard are grounded by Space Agency Rangers, minority children spend hours bussing to schools miles away from home, the airship business has been driven out of the country by strict regulations and high fines, and hundreds of subterranean tunnels are being built as part of "Project Morlock". Crime is totally unknown. Altheeria's national animal is the squirrel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Secularism.

Altheeria is ranked 281,344^th in the world and 27^th in Calme Ybovien for Most Authoritarian, with 172.15 milliStalins.