The Republic of Alterhuman is a massive, genial nation, renowned for its ritual sacrifices, ban on automobiles, and parental licensing program. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 1.715 billion Alterhumanians 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 28.6%.

The strong Alterhumanian economy, worth 77.5 trillion rubles a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Cheese Exports, Uranium Mining, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 45,174 rubles, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 134,767 per year while the poor average 11,855, a ratio of 11.4 to 1.

Translators have been hired to deal with the varying regional accents during national political debates, the jails are alive with the sound of birdsong, forty-year-old men are asked for their ID before watching the latest pony cartoon movies, and a major religion has been named as Alterhuman's national religion. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Alterhuman's national animal is the cobra, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Alterhuman is ranked 41,769^th in the world and 139^th in junk for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 4,885.38 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.