The Altrichs of Alta Castria is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Aldkizernyn with an iron fist, and remarkable for its state-planned economy, vat-grown people, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 2.382 billion Alta Castrians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Varsovia. The average income tax rate is 96.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Alta Castrian economy, worth 485 trillion Nyangs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an amazing 203,717 Nyangs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Veterans in wheelchairs are left waist-deep in rice paddies to gather grain, schoolyard bullying has a tendency to escalate, the ego of former emperors tend to match their stature, and artists are pillars of society. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Alta Castria's national animal is the Phoenix, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Covenant of the Divine Phoenix.

Alta Castria is ranked 188,725^th in the world and 77^th in Aeternas for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring 194 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.