The Federation of Alsion is a colossal, efficient nation, remarkable for its smutty television, national health service, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cheerful population of 5.016 billion Alsionians 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 enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Als. The average income tax rate is 99.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Alsionian economy, worth a remarkable 1,011 trillion Florins a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 201,619 Florins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

The government has legalised small-scale capitalism, wilderness-dwelling hermits are surprised to find railway stations on their front doorsteps, nobody ever questions the unquestioned rule that questions must always be asked, and the military is recruiting war criminals to join its weapons research teams. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Alsion's national animal is the Wulf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Alsion is ranked 2,429^th in the world and 125^th in The North Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 755.69 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.