The Colony of Mount Alvernia is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its burgeoning Cat population. The hard-nosed population of 27.946 billion Mount Alvernians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Healthcare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 43.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Mount Alvernian economy, worth 989 trillion Bahamian Dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Gambling, Book Publishing, and Pizza Delivery. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 35,409 Bahamian Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Crime is well under control, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mount Alvernia's national animal is the Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Mount Alvernia is ranked 170,762^nd in the world and 1^st in Cat Island for Lowest Crime Rates, with 59.23 law-abiding acts per hour.