The Absolute Dominion of ASEAN Federation is a titanic, safe nation, ruled by John 'Cold Steel' Drakenson with an iron fist, and notable for its rum-swilling pirates, digital currency, and enforced nudity. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 18.388 billion Imperials are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Liebensmidt. The average income tax rate is 92.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Imperial economy, worth a remarkable 2,899 trillion Imperial Marks a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 157,689 Imperial Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Hospitals have unveiled new guidelines suggesting that latex gloves do not count as clothing, Imperials ask their doctors whether chili peppers are right for them, nobody is quite sure what goes into factory nutrient blocks, and blue bloods are welcome in ASEAN Federation. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. ASEAN Federation's national animal is the Black Raven, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Atheism.

ASEAN Federation is ranked 12,451^st in the world and 627^th in Osiris for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 10,288 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.