The Soviet Socialist Republic of Alinore is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Comrade Steele with an even hand, and renowned for its state-planned economy, sprawling nuclear power plants, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cheerful population of 2.797 billion Alinoreans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Columbia. The average income tax rate is 96.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Alinorean economy, worth 493 trillion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 176,510 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Former polygamists always seem to have a huge number of visiting cousins, Occam's razor has sliced to pieces any childhood belief in Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy, friendly fire incidents usually result in severe burns, and only adults may purchase violent video games. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Alinore's national animal is the buck, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Alinore is ranked 10,361^st in the world and 237^th in The Communist Bloc for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 5,375.32 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.