The Republic of Altavento is a huge, genial nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, sprawling nuclear power plants, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 504 million Altaventoans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Alveria. The average income tax rate is 76.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Altaventoan economy, worth 48.5 trillion zephirs a year, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 96,190 zephirs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation has opened its arms to an influx of refugees, a favorite "life hack" for gap year backpackers is to pretend to be homeless for government handouts, pilots always remember to send their doctors a Maxxmas card, and educators and parents alike are allowing children to view the internet again after violent videos were purged. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Altavento's national animal is the peregrine falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Altavento is ranked 20,580^th in the world and 336^th in the Pacific for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 3,287.05 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.