The Empire Republic of Alski is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Emperor Sinēsanabme Alski with an even hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, infamous sell-swords, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, cheerful, devout population of 13.065 billion Alskians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sapporo. The average income tax rate is 98.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Alskian economy, worth a remarkable 2,238 trillion baslas a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 171,349 baslas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Blood isn't quite as thick as it used to be, calls to prayer are the newest dog whistles, wandering Alskians are known for their one-track minds, and the gravy train is chugging along on a new track. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Alski's national animal is the Alska dog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Kitsunism.

Alski is ranked 3,511^th in the world and 64^th in 10000 Islands for Most Cultured, scoring 194 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.