The Imperial Duchy of Aserlandia is a mammoth, safe nation, ruled by Imperial Duke Maurice III with an even hand, and notable for its daily referendums, infamous sell-swords, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cheerful, devout population of 9.99 billion Aserians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Asertia. The average income tax rate is 98.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Aserian economy, worth a remarkable 2,239 trillion asrullias a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is an amazing 224,171 asrullias, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.8 times as much as the poorest.

Aserian novella fans become unusually flustered when thinking about Imperial Duke Maurice III, people with political aspirations study how to make balloon animals, foreign musicians that Imperial Duke Maurice III dislikes are turned away at the border, and there is a growing belief that consciousness is a simulated illusion within a computer-generated reality. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aserlandia's national animal is the oriental serpent, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.

Aserlandia is ranked 306,241^st in the world and 258^th in The Land of Kings and Emperors for Fattest Citizens, with 2.39 Obesity Rate.