The Alvara of Alleriona is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by King Edward with an even hand, and remarkable for its anti-smoking policies, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 19.263 billion Allerionans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cavanon. The average income tax rate is 89.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Allerionan economy, worth 758 trillion Rionas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 39,399 Rionas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Five-year-olds who refuse to line up on command get gold stars, children dream of becoming physicians and physicists, men are finding 'she spots' more easily but they can't use them, and people who tease dwarfs are being cut down to size. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Alleriona's national animal is the Holy Fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Alleriona is ranked 297,595^th in the world and 86^th in Mauravia for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -12.08 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.