The Socialist tree people's of Alire is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Kupa-Lenox with an even hand, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, pith helmet sales, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, cheerful population of 4.103 billion Alireans enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Harappa. The average income tax rate is 86.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Alirean economy, worth 503 trillion Golden coins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is an impressive 122,647 Golden coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The aims of top-secret Alirean science projects revolve around designing the perfect robot woman, citizens are allowed to rise or fall based on their own merits, rebuilding efforts for a recently destroyed cathedral aren't expected to be completed for another century, and it is believed that belligerence is a passing phase foreign leaders will soon outgrow. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Alire's national animal is the panther, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Treeism.

Alire is ranked 9,134^th in the world and 468^th in The North Pacific for Highest Food Quality, scoring 167.09 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.