The Imperial Republic of Albasaary is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Emperor James I with an even hand, and renowned for its state-planned economy, compulsory military service, and soft-spoken computers. The hard-nosed, devout population of 1.202 billion Saarians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Brembourg. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 16.0%.

The very strong Albasaaryian economy, worth 102 trillion Ruels a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, Gambling, and Book Publishing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 85,042 Ruels, with the richest citizens earning 5.6 times as much as the poorest.

Foreign nations often blame poverty and terrorism on Albasaaryian selfishness, cases of disease among the civilian population dwindle as civilian population dwindles, a life spent suffering in silence is considered noble, and frightened witnesses and seriously ill jurors wear the same handcuffs as the defendant. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Albasaary's national animal is the Pigeon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Saarist Lutheran Division.

Albasaary is ranked 295,720^th in the world and 14,298^th in Balder for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring -15 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.