The District of ALG8 is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Liard with a fair hand, and renowned for its irreverence towards religion and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 13.81 billion Algars enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of District City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 18.4%.

The very strong ALG8ian economy, worth 432 trillion aurums a year, is highly specialized and led by the Furniture Restoration industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Pizza Delivery, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 31,349 aurums, with the richest citizens earning 5.9 times as much as the poorest.

Voting is voluntary, ALG8 has designated District City as its capital city, Liard has just been declared ruler of ALG8 in an international press conference, and the government's official stance on religion is that it is so very silly. Crime is moderate. ALG8's national animal is the bovina, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

ALG8 is ranked 34,213^th in the world and 4^th in The Federation of Independent Nations for Most Primitive, scoring 67.45 on the Scary Big Number Scale.