The Communist Monarchy of Commonwealth Of Astoria is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Rachel Dawn Amber with an iron fist, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, deadly medical pandemics, and avowedly heterosexual populace. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 21.322 billion Commonwealth Of Astorians 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Industry, Education, and Law & Order are also considered important. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Commonwealth Of Astoria City. The average income tax rate is 98.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Commonwealth Of Astorian economy, worth a remarkable 8,480 trillion Astorian Dollars 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Retail, and Information Technology. 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 an amazing 397,748 Astorian Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Commonwealth Of Astoria City University is said to be the modern-day Tower of Babel, angst-filled teenagers are rushing off to buy government bonds for some odd reason, motorists' locations are constantly tracked by intelligence and law enforcement agencies, and children gain their first sex education from reading the dictionary. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Commonwealth Of Astoria's national animal is the Blue Butterfly, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Cult Of Amber.

Commonwealth Of Astoria is ranked 32,575^th in the world and 757^th in The North Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 239.9 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.