The Federal Republic of Aselon is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by President Whittman with an even hand, and remarkable for its national health service, ubiquitous missile silos, and compulsory military service. The compassionate population of 1.311 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 76.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Aselonian economy, worth 177 trillion Astmarks a year, is 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 135,310 Astmarks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The military is slashing spending on conventional arms and diverting it to spending on prosthetic arms, the Treasury has been accused of flushing money down the toilet, every product goes through extensive safety-testing by the government, and mandatory neutering has made purebred dogs a thing of the past. 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 217,535^th in the world and 1,528^th in the West Pacific for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 31,933.39 Standard Monetary Units.