The Insular Area of Ashwood Archipelago is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Ash Ketchup with an even hand, and notable for its ban on automobiles, zero percent divorce rate, and public floggings. The compassionate population of 2.096 billion Ashwood Archipelagoans 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 Law & Order, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ashtown. The average income tax rate is 52.0%.

The powerhouse Ashwood Archipelagoan economy, worth 160 trillion Robot Bucks a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Arms Manufacturing, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 76,603 Robot Bucks, with the richest citizens earning 5.1 times as much as the poorest.

You're only as old as you feel, new religious sects are squashed immediately by the government, an exhibition on Robot Servant memes is currently starring at the National Art Gallery, and the entire entry for Ashwood Archipelago in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the World reads 'mostly harmless'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ashwood Archipelago's national animal is the Robot Servant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Ashwood Archipelago is ranked 69,224^th in the world and 1^st in Igewu for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 1,773.25 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.