The Federal Republic of South Alton is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its daily referendums, sprawling nuclear power plants, and digital currency. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 1.076 billion South Altonians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Olympia. The average income tax rate is 32.7%.

The frighteningly efficient South Altonian economy, worth 121 trillion Altoids a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 113,056 Altoids, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.4 times as much as the poorest.

Maxtopian tourists make expensive pilgrimages to New Olympia to enjoy their national art, most ambassadors from South Alton retire only a few years after being appointed, cutting-edge missile systems are being retrofitted to twin-prop air force biplanes, and apples shaped like baguettes have become a strange new food fad. Crime is relatively low. South Alton's national animal is the Black Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

South Alton is ranked 203,755^th in the world and 121^st in Britannia for Fattest Citizens, with 9.25 Obesity Rate.