The Socialist tree people's of Alire is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Kupa-Lenox with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cheerful population of 4.133 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 86.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Alirean economy, worth 502 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 121,470 Golden coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Invading armies are given hard glares for their cheek, the thin blue line is composed of picketing police officers demanding better pensions, solid-gold toilets are Alirean prisons' least expensive furnishings, and it's harder to qualify for IVF than for a good university. 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 264,641^st in the world and 5,707^th in The North Pacific for Most Patriotic, with 1.03 flags saluted per person per day.