The Ever-Expanding Dominion of Alzaran is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Supremely Accursed King with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and state-planned economy. The compassionate, democratic, humorless population of 12.037 billion Alzaranians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Trodon. The average income tax rate is 90.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Alzaranian economy, worth a remarkable 1,406 trillion Soamen a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Trout Farming. Average income is an impressive 116,838 Soamen, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The explosive fireball of the disintegrating space shuttle has devastated Cape Alzaran, it's a long jump to get onto the housing ladder, a sledgehammer and a spray can are seen as the default tools of political debate, and community-designed sword prostheses are becoming dangerously common. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Alzaran's national animal is the Dormouse, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Alzaran is ranked 11,661^st in the world and 462^nd in The North Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 107 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.