The Combine of Alshain is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Coordinator Shiro Von Rohrs with an iron fist, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape and compulsory military service. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 9.018 billion Alshainians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Spirituality, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Luthien. The average income tax rate is 12.6%.

The Alshainian economy, worth 471 trillion denaris a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 52,305 denaris, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.0 times as much as the poorest.

Coordinator Shiro Von Rohrs has just been declared ruler of Alshain in an international press conference, Shintō has been named as Alshain's national religion, elderly citizens regularly buy posh multimillion-denari mansions, and seven-year-olds debate for weeks on the merits of the Oxford comma. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Alshain's national animal is the dragon, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities, and its national religion is Shintō.

Alshain is ranked 72,279^th in the world and 1^st in Edo for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 15,078.8 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.