The Confederation of Askira is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Chancellor Ishaan Chaye with an iron fist, and renowned for its public floggings, fear of technology, and prohibition of alcohol. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical population of 30.398 billion Askirans are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kasni. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 79.6%.

The all-consuming Askiran economy, worth a remarkable 3,363 trillion Federal Guilders a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 110,644 Federal Guilders, with the richest citizens earning 5.8 times as much as the poorest.

A milk bath costs more than bathing in money, lending money has become a major liability, other worlds are informed of limited-time sales millennia after they conclude, and major polluting industries have painted a lot of their machines green to give an impression of caring about the environment. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Askira's national animal is the Ring-tailed Lemur, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Church of the Unified Atomic Vision.

Askira is ranked 639^th in the world and 194^th in Europe for Most Influential, scoring 130,815 on the Soft Power Disbursement Rating.