The Federation of Ascor is a very large, safe nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, ubiquitous missile silos, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-working, democratic, devout population of 219 million Ascurians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small, outspoken government prioritizes Spirituality, although Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare are also considered important, while Environment isn't funded at all. The average income tax rate is 9.4%.

The strong Ascorian economy, worth 13.5 trillion Ascurian Marks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Trout Farming. Average income is 61,676 Ascurian Marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.5 times as much as the poorest.

Proper policy proposals prerequire professional peer-reviewed papers, a soldier's body is a temple, the police have taken to prying guns out of the cold fingers of Ascurians, and Ascor is sometimes referred to as the global janitor. Crime is relatively low. Ascor's national animal is the Rhino, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Ascor is ranked 284,067^th in the world and 2,406^th in The North Pacific for Largest Black Market, with 57.0 billion Standard Monetary Units.