The Love That Never Was of The Albali Republic is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by President Astela Valbe with an even hand, and remarkable for its smutty television, sprawling nuclear power plants, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 14.723 billion Albalians 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 relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ylora. The average income tax rate is 20.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Albalian economy, worth a remarkable 1,941 trillion rahas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Trout Farming. Average income is an impressive 131,859 rahas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.9 times as much as the poorest.

Strip mining of rare earth metals is up while back problems are down, sausages are seldom seen in the supermarket, television characters who ask how someone's doing are charged with harassment, and robosexual marriages are increasingly common. Crime is totally unknown. The Albali Republic's national animal is the Aerastaral, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Albali Republic is ranked 103,425^th in the world and 3,617^th in Osiris for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 1,677.48 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.