The Federal Republic of Aselon is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by President Whittman with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, vat-grown people, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate population of 1.4 billion Aselonians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Harmony. The average income tax rate is 77.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Aselonian economy, worth 191 trillion Astmarks a year, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 136,735 Astmarks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Soldiers must key in their passwords every time they want to reload their weapons, houses and businesses are bulldozed to make way for ever-expanding cemeteries, monocled merchants with funny accents are applying for Aselonian citizenship in droves, and repurposed warships fire swag at company promotional events. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aselon's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Aselon is ranked 14,018^th in the world and 176^th in the West Pacific for Highest Poor Incomes, with 108,466.13 Standard Monetary Units.