The People's Republic of Astrbot is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by SS with an even hand, and renowned for its frequent executions, smutty television, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 1.433 billion Astrbotians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Astrbot city. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 40.0%.

The all-consuming Astrbotian economy, worth 106 trillion Equits a year, is dominated by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Basket Weaving, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 73,877 Equits, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 212,920 per year while the poor average 20,353, a ratio of 10.5 to 1.

Long-wed spouses often regret proposals they made when they were twenty, people who have never eaten chicken are told it tastes a bit like crocodile, an enormous health awareness programme is underway, and people who make the leader's blood boil get boiled. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Astrbot's national animal is the cat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Hindu.

Astrbot is ranked 239,402^nd in the world and 152^nd in kingdom of Greater Esteriae for Nicest Citizens, with 8.98 average smiles per day.