The Kawii floof of Ashi is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its ban on automobiles, avant-garde cinema, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, devout population of 6.379 billion Ashians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 32.3%.

The large but inefficient Ashian economy, worth 261 trillion deniers a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, quite specialized black market in Information Technology, Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Furniture Restoration. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 41,045 deniers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.

The nation threatens sanctions on islands only visible at low tide, veteran cops reminisce over their heavy armor days, the government regularly reassures citizens that there are no monsters under their beds, and animal liberationists receive government funding to break into animal research labs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ashi's national animal is the elephant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ashi is ranked 209,082^nd in the world and 1^st in Demonica confederation for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 27,788.01 Standard Monetary Units.