The Second Republic of Aliona is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Charles de Maule with an iron fist, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, free-roaming dinosaurs, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 8.116 billion Alionans are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The tiny, corrupt, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Avitou. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Alionan economy, worth a remarkable 3,029 trillion Ionas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Arms Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an amazing 373,314 Ionas, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 3,321,110 per year while the poor average 5,695, a ratio of 583 to 1.

The nation's only university is the School of Hard Knocks, the Treasury and Finance Ministry have been outsourced, children often kick Honks for amusement, and pet loving officers arrest citizens who don't give their dogs enough biscuits. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Aliona's national animal is the Honk, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is OnlyHonk.

Aliona is ranked 4,232^nd in the world and 2^nd in Canada for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring 6,922.27 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.