The United States of Alvises Republic is a small, genial nation, notable for its smutty television, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 40 million Alvises Republicians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 72.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The struggling Alvises Republician economy, worth 663 billion lire 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 Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Furniture Restoration, and Tourism. Average income is 16,584 lire, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Candidates make campaign speeches at the funerals of former rivals, recognizing the Alvises Republician flag qualifies you for citizenship, confused-looking pigeons slide gently off frictionless window ledges, and Bigtopian interference in domestic elections is always democratically sanctioned. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Alvises Republic's national animal is the racoon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Alvises Republic is ranked 25,451^st in the world and 6^th in SimDemocracy for Nicest Citizens, with 21.25 average smiles per day.