The Republic of -Aston Machan- is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its free-roaming dinosaurs, suspicion of poets, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical population of 862 million -Aston Machan-ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 63.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse -Aston Machan-ian economy, worth 64.3 trillion currencies a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 74,644 currencies, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Beating enemies to death with a baseball bat is legal if done within nine innings, muscular women are banned from competing in sporting competitions, warning signs caution -Aston Machan-ians where they may fall off 'the edge of the world', and polygamy is legal. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. -Aston Machan-'s national animal is the animal, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

-Aston Machan- is ranked 209,914^th in the world and 217^th in Izern for Fattest Citizens, with 9.1 Obesity Rate.