The Federation of Asturii is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by The Grand Poobah with an even hand, and notable for its complete lack of prisons, daily referendums, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 15.96 billion Asturiians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Melbourne. The average income tax rate is 95.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Asturiian economy, worth a remarkable 2,325 trillion Liberties a year, is highly specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 145,738 Liberties, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Artists are pillars of society, pictures of government employees with expensive Pearbooks 'working' on exotic beaches dominate local tabloids, 3D printed organs are a breath of new life for the sick and elderly, and claims adjusters are uselessly vague. Crime is totally unknown. Asturii's national animal is the Echidna, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Asturii is ranked 3,069^th in the world and 8^th in The Region That Has No Big Banks for Safest, scoring 139.42 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.