The People's Republic of Alibyn is a tiny, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 8 million Alibynians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The tiny, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 8.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The developing Alibynian economy, worth 259 billion rubles 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, fairly diversified black market in Tourism, Book Publishing, Woodchip Exports, and Retail. 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 32,400 rubles, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Only AIs know why the nation is rapidly increasing its semiconductor stockpile, politicians are forced to vote with their party leaders, foreign leaders' Twitcher accounts are monitored for potential threats to national security, and businesses that prove successful are immediately broken up. Crime is relatively low. Alibyn's national animal is the panther, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Alibyn is ranked 323,343^rd in the world and 596^th in Aeternum for Largest Populations, with 8.00 million capita.