The Draconic Lands of Alfandra is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its smutty television, unlimited-speed roads, and daily referendums. The hard-nosed, democratic, humorless population of 19.181 billion Alfandrians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, outspoken government is primarily concerned with Law & Order, with Environment, Education, and Social Policy also on the agenda, while Healthcare is ignored. The average income tax rate is 79.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Alfandran economy, worth a remarkable 1,191 trillion gilders a year, is extremely specialized and mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 62,112 gilders, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Many are asking why the latest naval vessel is named after Saint Bartholomeus the Many Handed, sweat stains are proof of political acumen, a little pushing and pulling is needed for big ships to pass, and mathematicians are gathering an infinite number of greggils and typewriters to see if they can recreate the works of Max Barry. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Alfandra's national animal is the greggil, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Drakonism.

Alfandra is ranked 69,156^th in the world and 9^th in Dragon for Highest Poor Incomes, with 43,640.11 Standard Monetary Units.