The State of Ashmore Island is a gargantuan, efficient nation, notable for its complete absence of social welfare and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 22.644 billion Ashmore Islandians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The minute, pro-business government, or what there is of one, prioritizes Industry, although Law & Order and Defense are also considered important, while Spirituality and Social Policy receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Westminster. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.1%.

The powerhouse Ashmore Islandian economy, worth a remarkable 1,222 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Gambling. Average income is 53,973 betales, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 267,468 per year while the poor average 6,176, a ratio of 43.3 to 1.

Military spending is on the increase, a large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, the automotive industry soaks up huge government handouts, and Ashmore Island has designated Westminster as its capital city. Crime is a serious problem. Ashmore Island's national animal is the deer.

Ashmore Island is ranked 115,346^th in the world and 8^th in Western Australia for Most Beautiful Environments, with 545.61 pounds of wildlife per square mile.