Origins/Major Influence: Worship The Computer! -- Alpha as a Religious State (requires access to Paranoia-Live's GM Meeting Room)
Description: The state religion of this Complex is the worship of Friend Computer. Deviant sects are persecuted while official sects are glorified and promoted. One may wonder why would there be such things as official and deviant sects if there is a Friend Computer that can easily clarify all these sectarian differences. The answer is that FC is not actually in direct contact with any of its followers. Instead, it communicates its will through the bureaucracy and High Programmers. Therefore, cynics argue that there is no Friend Computer at all, just "a large collection of management software controlling the backbone functions of Alpha Complex". Cynics tend to get terminated.
Alpha Theocracy has a great amount of knowledge about the world, but fears that the average citizen cannot fully comprehend or understand it. Thus, security clearance is granted on the basis of your ability to accept the Truth about the world, not on the basis of loyalty or merit. If you qualify for a security clearance promotion, you must take a series of tests and courses about Alpha Theocracy before actually getting promoted.
The most powerful secret society in Alpha Theocracy is the "Humanists". The Humanists' main goal is to establish the separation of church and state: one can worship Friend Computer in his own house, but let the bureaucracy and High Programmers do as they wish without such meaningless concepts as "right and wrong". Though this is extremely heretical, the fact that the Humanists control the very bureaucracy that Alpha Theocracy relies on allows for the Humanists to get away with deviancy. The Humanists also doubt if Friend Computer actually cares about the day-to-day living of each individual clone, but that just leads to the dark path of cynicism.
Spy From Another Alpha Complex: By BLUE clearance, citizens are cleared to know that there are other Complexes, many of them governed by Anti-Computers. Many of these citizens are sent as missionaries bringing salvation to other Complexes, by converting FCCC-P cells to worship the One True Computer. The eventual end goal is to overwrite the Anti-Computer's code with the One True Computer's code, thereby ensuring the Complex comes under Alpha Theocracy's control. The fact that expansion provides Alpha Theocracy with valuable resources is only incidental.