The Soviet Socialist Republic of Alinore is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Comrade Steele with an even hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cheerful population of 2.803 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 96.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Alinorean economy, worth 494 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 176,474 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Only adults may purchase violent video games, whipping posts and lashes have been transferred to the Historical Museum of Alinorean Embarrassments, bitter pastors forced to officiate gay marriage 'accidentally' pronounce couples "husband and abomination", and doctors who mutter "Oh my God" often lose their medical license. 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 12,226^th in the world and 160^th in The Communist Bloc for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 389.29 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.