The Federal Republic of Aselon is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by President Whittman with an even hand, and remarkable for its vat-grown people, frequent executions, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 1.236 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 76.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Aselonian economy, worth 165 trillion Astmarks a year, is led 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 134,118 Astmarks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Eating kids as food has been enshrined in law, hundreds of subterranean tunnels are being built as part of "Project Morlock", the ABI Channel Tunnel project is plagued by delays, and the government is making attempts at curtailing the flood of spam emails with little progress. 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 234,836^th in the world and 906^th in the West Pacific for Largest Populations, with 1.24 billion capita.