The Republic of Asweyon is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by President Neadry with a fair hand, and notable for its smutty television, prohibition of alcohol, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 3.449 billion Asweyonians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 96.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Asweyonian economy, worth 565 trillion guilders a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Basket Weaving. Average income is an impressive 163,978 guilders, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Death is nobody's business, 10-year-olds who struggle with integrating by parts are considered slow learners, being President Neadry has been voted one of the top ten most dangerous jobs, and foreign casinos have trouble paying fans who bet on the triumph of the Asweyon City Wolves against long odds. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Asweyon's national animal is the wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Asweyon is ranked 304,087^th in the world and 4^th in Amaranth for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -18.97 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.