The Republic of Black Asp is a mammoth, safe nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and restrictive gun laws. The cynical population of 7.526 billion Black Aspians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 54.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Black Aspian economy, worth 62.5 trillion rubledollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Pizza Delivery, Book Publishing, Woodchip Exports, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 8,298 rubledollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Black Asp's national animal is the hawk.

Black Asp is ranked 312,412^th in the world and 4,379^th in The catholic military orders for Highest Average Incomes, with 8,298.69 Standard Monetary Units.