The Holy Flemingovian Empire of Astarial is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Taria Dion Diablessa with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and complete lack of prisons. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 30.842 billion Astarialns enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized, outspoken government prioritizes Education, although Welfare, Public Transport, and Social Policy are also considered important, while Spirituality and Defense aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Astana. The average income tax rate is 67.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Astarialn economy, worth a remarkable 3,784 trillion Equiliants a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 122,705 Equiliants, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Coffee-addicted citizens look forward to baristas getting their name wrong at local coffee shops, people accuse the government of being in bed with Big Safety, producers insist that movie stars wear crash helmets in every scene, and a new religious movement claims that people's souls are stored in phosphorus. Crime is totally unknown. Astarial's national animal is the octopus, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Flemingovianism.

Astarial is ranked 250,148^th in the world and 143^rd in Equilism for Most Conservative, scoring 33.5 on the Bush-Santorum Dawning Terror Index.