The Republic of ASML Holding NV is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Christophe Fouquet with an even hand, and renowned for its avant-garde cinema, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 3.376 billion ASML Holding NVians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social and economic equality; they tend to view other countries as corrupted by the hollow pageantry of sham elections.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Veldhoven. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 49.1%.

The all-consuming ASML Holding NVian economy, worth 385 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 113,899 dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 384,114 per year while the poor average 25,004, a ratio of 15.4 to 1.

Citizens wishing to be parents must undertake a series of gruelling tests to evaluate their capabilities, human tissue is grown in vats as a delicacy as well as for transplants, the nationalised Arms Manufacturing Industry is not interested in making weapons, and music award shows include surprise polygraph segments. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. ASML Holding NV's national animal is the shares, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

ASML Holding NV is ranked 49,819^th in the world and 280^th in OTC Markets for Smartest Citizens, with 43.98 quips per hour.