The Progressive Union of Seeker Alpha is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Dale the Honorable Skeptic with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, irreverence towards religion, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic, humorless population of 29.543 billion Seeker Alphans 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sagan. The average income tax rate is 79.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Seeker Alphan economy, worth a remarkable 5,535 trillion credits 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 Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 187,382 credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Broken suspension systems are giving auto repair shops plenty of business, Dale The Honorable Skeptic reduces citizens' commute times by giving away their homes, medical staff can legally quiet people who ask for a second helping of Salisbury steak, and the nanny industry has had a boom after maternity leave was recently banned. Crime is totally unknown. Seeker Alpha's national animal is the badger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Unitarian Universalism.

Seeker Alpha is ranked 11,145^th in the world and 10^th in Texas for Lowest Crime Rates, with 99.19 law-abiding acts per hour.