The Commonwealth of Alasnackbar is a very large, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its punitive income tax rates, restrictive gun laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 478 million Alasnackbarians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Borrelstad. The average income tax rate is 64.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Alasnackbarian economy, worth 12.5 trillion Barsnacks a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Furniture Restoration, and Soda Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 26,166 Barsnacks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Teenage TV characters are played by thirty-year-olds by the end of the second season, the government has instituted 'traveller reservations' across the country, only criminals carry guns, and blind dates reemerge as a necessary evil in the quest for love. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Alasnackbar's national animal is the Bearded Peacock, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Alasnackbar is ranked 296,859^th in the world and 244^th in Forest for Most Developed, scoring 50.16 on the Human Development Index.