The Soviet Socialist Republic of Alinore is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Comrade Steele with an even hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, pith helmet sales, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cheerful population of 3.009 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 97.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Alinorean economy, worth 543 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 180,396 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Park rangers perform full-body searches on suspected fungus smugglers, election results are often delayed for weeks to count the expat votes, the jackhammer is considered a tool of artistic criticism, and things are looking up for patients accidentally prescribed erectile dysfunction medication. 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 25,075^th in the world and 41^st in The Communist Bloc for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector, scoring 23,645.8 on the Charon Conveyancy Index.