The Empire of Asturn is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Zoth-Ommog with an iron fist, and remarkable for its parental licensing program, national health service, and otherworldly petting zoo. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 1.941 billion Asturnians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of C'thalshoaggoph. The average income tax rate is 40.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Asturnian economy, worth 142 trillion Crowns a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 73,063 Crowns, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Construction workers evacuate work sites after finding sharp rocks on the ground, new mothers can pay for their weekly grocery shop with a bottle of breast milk, graffiti artists spend lengthy periods of time in jail, and there's a big brother in every prison. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Asturn's national animal is the Golden Eagle, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities, and its national religion is Cult of Cthulhu.

Asturn is ranked 195,092^nd in the world and 19^th in Der Leibwache for Least Corrupt Governments, with 92.74 percentage of bribes refused.