The Federal Republic of Aselon is a massive, genial nation, ruled by President Whittman with an even hand, and remarkable for its vat-grown people, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 1.248 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 76.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Aselonian economy, worth 167 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 134,356 Astmarks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Prisoners due for execution often use their final statement to complain about soggy bread rolls, explicit slash fiction is repackaged for kindergarten kids as stories about friends cuddling friends, couples kissing on the street are detained for 'unlawful exchange of genetic material', and organ donation rates are among the lowest in the region. 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 123,522^nd in the world and 868^th in the West Pacific for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 9,809.87 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.