The Star confederation of Alsidia is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Sir President Frederic von Hochbach with an even hand, and renowned for its smutty television, restrictive gun laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cheerful population of 11.958 billion Alsidians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Helsinki. The average income tax rate is 96.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Alsidian economy, worth a remarkable 2,494 trillion Alsidian Hacks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 208,617 Alsidian Hacks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The experimental sculpture "Overtures In Dried Bear Dung" has been declared a national treasure, social media sites prompt users to send birthday greetings to unresponsive nonagenarians, the "Underwear of Women in Power" issue of The Helsinki Times is sold out, and the government is avowedly secular. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Alsidia's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Swantonism.

Alsidia is ranked 5,953^rd in the world and 9^th in Commonwealth of Liberty for Highest Food Quality, scoring 195.08 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.