The Empire of Alven is a mid-sized, safe nation, notable for its compulsory military service and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 56 million Alvenians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 30.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Alvenian economy, worth 2.92 trillion Alven markıs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 52,219 Alven markıs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Not even adulthood can save you from truant officers, organ donation rates have hit a new low, organ donation rates are among the lowest in the region, and the nation is ravaged by daily union strikes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Alven's national animal is the Alageyik, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Alven is ranked 146,023^rd in the world and 70^th in The Black Hawks for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 1,623.54 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.