The Kingdom of Aswick is a titanic, safe nation, ruled by King William Stonebridge with an even hand, and notable for its pith helmet sales, frequent executions, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 23.627 billion Aswickans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Winchester. The average income tax rate is 95.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Aswickian economy, worth a remarkable 2,751 trillion Aswickan Pounds a year, is highly specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 116,471 Aswickan Pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Celebrities sit helplessly as they are labeled "pompous womples" by King William Stonebridge, the general public only knows their favorite politician's first name, bowling teams spend more time looking at their phones than the pins, and the recycled air in planes is nauseating. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aswick's national animal is the Kangaroo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Aswick is ranked 9,368^th in the world and 2^nd in Astyria for Most Advanced Defense Forces, scoring 10,622.66 on the Total War Preparedness Rating.