The Shadow of Eastern Alksearia is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Queen Dorothea with an iron fist, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, smutty television, and triple-decker prams. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 1.993 billion Alksearas are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Urgia-Nova. The average income tax rate is 84.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Alksearian economy, worth 169 trillion Alkserain coins a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Tourism industry. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 84,858 Alkserain coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The right school tie opens more doors than the right qualification, couples kissing on the street are detained for 'unlawful exchange of genetic material', children seem to be getting better at lying these days, and street preachers spend more time condemning government bureaucracy than passers-by. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Eastern Alksearia's national animal is the Le Polar Bear, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Church of Xaethos.

Eastern Alksearia is ranked 14,646^th in the world and 425^th in The East Pacific for Most Beautiful Environments, with 1,299.07 Pounds Of Wildlife Per Square Mile.