The Empire of Altor is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Sir Kaiser Wilhelm von Reinhardt with an iron fist, and renowned for its frequent executions, free-roaming dinosaurs, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 19.841 billion Altorians 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, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Victoria. The average income tax rate is 91.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Altorian economy, worth a remarkable 3,805 trillion Altos a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Tourism. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 191,823 Altos, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Women across the country are tying the knot, there's nothing more Altorian than revanchism, international tensions are high as Altor threatens any government with the audacity to arrest its citizens, and the experimental sculpture "Overtures In Dried Elephant Dung" has been declared a national treasure. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Altor's national animal is the Elephant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Altorism.

Altor is ranked 5,372^nd in the world and 52^nd in the Rejected Realms for Largest Black Market, with 1,586 trillion Standard Monetary Units.