The Kingdom of Aldon is a small, efficient nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 36 million Aldonians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The tiny, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Spirituality, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.0%.

The very strong Aldonian economy, worth 2.44 trillion dollars a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 67,771 dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 199,731 per year while the poor average 18,094, a ratio of 11.0 to 1.

Immigrant herding has become a national pastime, the mining industry is making inroads into environmentally sensitive areas, and citizens are barcoded to keep track of their movements. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Aldon's national animal is the Lion, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Aldon is ranked 105,959^th in the world and 395^th in Concord for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 2,143.1 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.