The Factory of Aluminum Oxynitride is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Moe Elsass with a fair hand, and renowned for its anti-smoking policies, keen interest in outer space, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 11.746 billion Aloneans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Burlington. The average income tax rate is 96.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Alonean economy, worth a remarkable 2,365 trillion Bricks a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 201,423 Bricks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Youth rights demonstrations often end in vicious snowball fights, physics lessons mostly involve talking about emotional management techniques, rioting during the nation's hosting of ORDER caused one million Bricks of property damage, and members of the government all have oddly similar anecdotes about their childhoods. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Aluminum Oxynitride's national animal is the Puppy, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Tolerance.

Aluminum Oxynitride is ranked 3,109^th in the world and 57^th in the West Pacific for Safest, scoring 137.57 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.