Origins/Major Influence: The People's Glorious Revolutionary Adventure (Paranoia Mission)
Description: Alpha State is an old, decaying Communist-controlled Complex ruled by Tovarich Computer. Alpha State suffers from rampant shortages, rival secret police units, and a perpetual war with reactionary and capitalist scum in all the other Complexes. Communication is handled through an outdated and obsolete telephone communication system run by Tass (Alpha State's HPD&MC) and is prone to breaking down. It is not a utopia, and everyone knows it. Not only is "morbid depression" standard, it's mandatory, because it allows people to focus on self-improvement and dealing with reality. The only excuse given is that Communism is an perpetual attempt to move towards utopia, and that utopia cannot be constructed until all reactionaries are purged from human society. The only "ideal" that Alpha State can claim to promote is egalitarianism: everyone is technically equal at RED clearance, but some are more equal than others and have special access to certain information, items, and locations (everyone still receive the same paycheck).
Each citizen belong to a Service Group: "Tass" (HPD&MC), "Comrade Computer’s Central Processing Union" (CPU), "Red Army" (Armed Forces), Ministry of Internal Affairs (Internal Security), "United States' Stolen Research and Design"[1] (R&D), Tractor Services[2] (Power Services) and Tanknical Services[3] (Technical Services), and Land Lease & Lunch (PLC). However, each Service Group has their very own Secret Police, to watch for treason and reactionary activity. Clashes between these Secret Police units are very rare, but always entertaining.
The main enemy of Alpha State is the NazCIA. This is different from Free Enterprise, who just bribe all the secret polices and and keep the IR Market running. The NazCIA is instead a collection of spies from all the other Alpha Complexes that decided to pool their resources together to attack and destroy Alpha State. They are terrifyingly efficient at what they do, as they have the expertise of all the other Complexes backing them up. The only reason that they do not succeed in eliminating Alpha State is the sure knowledge that they would likely be executed for possessing Communist Propaganda once they return back home (and the sneaking suspicion that Alpha State serves a useful purpose for the other Complexes). The NazCIA instead aims to make Alpha State as miserable as possible and to contain Communism within Alpha State's borders.
Some high-ranking NazCIA agents even avoid paying lip service to their stated mission and instead concentrate on solving a terrifying riddle: Who made Alpha State? The official history claims that the Complex itself was a secret project built by the Neo Soviet Union during World War 3, but the official history is never reliable. Evidence that the Complex itself was built recently and that Alpha State is a deliberate copy of anti-Communist propaganda films in the 1950's suggest that Alpha State is artificial in origin, though who would built such a thing is still open to debate.
[1] Alpha State does not produce any technology of its own but instead steals technology from other Complexes. The ultimate parasite.
[2] Alpha State venerates the "tractor", and it is the mark of Communism. Even nuclear reactors are called "nuclear tractors".
[3] Tankincal Services maintains the weaponry of the "Red Army", but is sorely understaffed and do not have the resources necessary to keep the "Red Army" running at maximum effectiveness.
Spy From Another Alpha Complex: Alpha State is a firm supporter of the "Permanent Revolution" and feels an obligation to support Communists wherever they are, by material means if necessary. But Alpha State is also a firm supporter of trying to keep its own house in order by stealing the resources from the bourgeois complex to "build Communism at home". The tension between the two conflicting goals makes a spy's job very dangerous.