The Dominion of Aesstria is a fledgling, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 5 million Aesstrians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Public Transport. The average income tax rate is 65.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The weak Aesstrian economy, worth 118 billion Aestrian Lyres a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Uranium Mining industry, with significant contributions from Pizza Delivery, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 23,518 Aestrian Lyres, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation's official head of religious affairs is an atheist, college students make ends meet by selling their kidneys, Harry Potter books are banned, and kids are arrested at gunpoint for playing with toy rifles. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aesstria's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Aesstria is ranked 201,433^rd in the world and 2^nd in Kurala for Least Corrupt Governments, with 92.28 percentage of bribes refused.