The Federal Republic of Aselon is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by President Whittman with an even hand, and renowned for its public floggings, frequent executions, and national health service. The compassionate population of 1.194 billion Aselonians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Harmony. The average income tax rate is 77.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Aselonian economy, worth 159 trillion Astmarks a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 133,359 Astmarks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Traffic cops spend most of their work-hours calculating citizens' monthly income, extreme hiring regulations mean a job in Aselon is often a lifetime appointment, the optimally efficient parking strategy for business commuters is referred to as the "traveling salesman problem", and diplomats agree to the terms and conditions of peace treaties without reading them. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aselon's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Aselon is ranked 12,990^th in the world and 225^th in the West Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 103 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.