The Not incompetent like Alex of East Planes is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Malina de Salvo with a fair hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, prohibition of alcohol, and anti-smoking policies. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 5.55 billion Samareños love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Biringan. The average income tax rate is 97.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Samareño economy, worth 974 trillion Pesos a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 175,564 Pesos, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation was recently voted "most likely to betray its allies", citizens select which government department gets their income tax Pesos each year, the government has instituted 'traveller reservations' across the country, and newly synthesized elements' half-lives are a million times shorter than the time it takes to say their names. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. East Planes's national animal is the Trilobite, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

East Planes is ranked 182,390^th in the world and 4,347^th in the Rejected Realms for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 12 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.