The Brilliant Schemes of Asmodaios is a mammoth, orderly nation, renowned for its frequent executions, zero percent divorce rate, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, cynical, humorless, devout population of 8.453 billion Demons 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 large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Alabaster Citadel. The average income tax rate is 82.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Demonic economy, worth a remarkable 1,263 trillion Souls a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 149,444 Souls, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

The weather report is the prisoners' favourite programme, lawyers spend as much time preparing their make-up as they do their briefs, naturists are jailed regularly for indecent exposure, and maximum security fish farms leave caged salmon pining for the fjords. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Asmodaios's national animal is the Hellhound, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Asmodaios is ranked 329,407^th in the world and 666^th in The Underworld of Hell for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring -22.49 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.