The Confederation of Askira is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Chancellor Ishaan Chaye with an iron fist, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, strictly enforced bedtime, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical population of 30.71 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 80.9%.

The all-consuming Askiran economy, worth a remarkable 3,464 trillion Federal Guilders a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 112,798 Federal Guilders, with the richest citizens earning 5.4 times as much as the poorest.

There's no cure or sympathy for the common cold, eating kids as food has been enshrined in law, the past is set in stone, and doctors spend more time writing sick notes than caring for the sick. 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 22,108^th in the world and 343^rd in Europe for Most Developed, scoring 86.17 on the Human Development Index.