The Second Republic of Aliona is a mammoth, orderly nation, ruled by Charles de Maule with an iron fist, and remarkable for its public floggings, compulsory military service, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 8.475 billion Alionans are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The tiny, corrupt, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Avitou. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Alionan economy, worth a remarkable 3,208 trillion Ionas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Arms Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an amazing 378,631 Ionas, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 3,418,008 per year while the poor average 5,091, a ratio of 671 to 1.

Science centers and state of the art laboratories are ubiquitous, in pet stores nationwide Honks are growing in popularity, starving citizens are offered nuclear pasta, and government-sponsored WiFi allows farmers to rant about city folks in real time. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Aliona's national animal is the Honk, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is OnlyHonk.

Aliona is ranked 315,912^th in the world and 163^rd in Canada for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring -26.27 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.