The Democratic Republic of Alp is a mid-sized, socially progressive nation, notable for its compulsory military service, state-planned economy, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 67 million Alpians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The medium-sized, liberal, socially-minded government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Education, Public Transport, and Administration are also considered important, while International Aid and Spirituality aren't funded at all. The average income tax rate is 39.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Alpian economy, worth 1.65 trillion rubles a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, Pizza Delivery, and Uranium Mining. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 24,651 rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Alp's national animal is the dove.

Alp is ranked 283,930^th in the world and 8^th in Three Letter Words for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 315.85 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.