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The Federal Republic of West Alta is a huge, orderly nation, notable for its ubiquitous missile silos, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 381 million Altans are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Castelalta. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 45.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Altan economy, worth 46.7 trillion Marks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is an impressive 122,596 Marks, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 444,135 per year while the poor average 24,126, a ratio of 18.4 to 1.

Personal injury lawyers are demanding compensation from the government after recent reductions in manufacturer liability, shoppers insist that instruction labels exempt their purchases from VAT, one-man canoes fitted with the latest tracking technology leave no room for one man, and the military is plagued with unethical researchers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. West Alta's national animal is the Horse, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

West Alta is ranked 297,095^th in the world and 1,495^th in Europe for Safest, scoring 8.63 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.