The Grand Duchy of Greater Albany is a massive, genial nation, ruled by King Alfred II with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, compulsory military service, and complete lack of prisons. The compassionate, devout population of 2.179 billion Greater Albanyians 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 72.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Greater Albanyian economy, worth 207 trillion Albanic Pounds a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 95,230 Albanic Pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The freedom to be free is always just out of reach, construction workers evacuate work sites after finding sharp rocks on the ground, employers are finding it hard to screen candidates now that everyone gets A grades in their exams, and the national security service are a bunch of crooks. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Greater Albany's national animal is the Forest Lion of Sa Talaia, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Church of Albany.

Greater Albany is ranked 21,030^th in the world and 532^nd in The East Pacific for Highest Food Quality, scoring 113.87 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.