The Kingdom of Aesgard is a massive, safe nation, ruled by King Kristjæn IV Magnus with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, ubiquitous missile silos, and compulsory military service. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 1.115 billion Aesgarders are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kristjænvík. The average income tax rate is 69.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Aesgarder economy, worth 134 trillion oertugs a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Basket Weaving. Average income is an impressive 120,691 oertugs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

Only lightning has a chance of striking King Kristjæn IV Magnus twice, sweet-toothed Aesgarders have been left penniless by the VAT on candy, afternoon delight in care homes is restricted to a serving of spotted dick at 3pm, and the nation was recently voted "most likely to betray its allies". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aesgard's national animal is the wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Aesgard is ranked 39,700^th in the world and 81^st in Christians for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 212.93 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.