The Absolute Dominion of ASEAN Federation is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by John 'Cold Steel' Drakenson with an iron fist, and notable for its frequent executions, ubiquitous missile silos, and anti-smoking policies. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 18.447 billion Imperials are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Liebensmidt. The average income tax rate is 92.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Imperial economy, worth a remarkable 2,910 trillion Imperial Marks a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 157,754 Imperial Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The inchworm that measured the marigolds is six feet under, doctors are learning that red tape makes ineffective bandages, sworn provincial enemies must be held back in John 'Cold Steel' Drakenson's cabinet meetings, and art is not complete without a touch of alizarin blood and titanium sweat. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. ASEAN Federation's national animal is the Black Raven, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Atheism.

ASEAN Federation is ranked 6,807^th in the world and 248^th in Osiris for Lowest Crime Rates, with 114.18 law-abiding acts per hour.