The People's Republic of Altravia is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its state-planned economy, national health service, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, cynical population of 469 million Altravians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pravigrad. The average income tax rate is 74.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Altravian economy, worth 48.8 trillion Altrazas 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 Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 104,072 Altrazas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Citizens are now allowed to discuss whether Leader is the greatest ruler ever or simply the greatest ruler of this generation, autopsies often involve only cursory examination, it is common to still see adults with training wheels on their bikes, and adverts proclaim it has to be healthy if the Mornay uses hand-grated Gallopavian Gruyère. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Altravia's national animal is the White Phoenix, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Altravia is ranked 259,106^th in the world and 894^th in The Communist Bloc for Most Primitive, scoring -185.49 on the Scary Big Number Scale.