The Armed Republic of Ashailay is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Regent Halantel with a fair hand, and notable for its unlimited-speed roads, smutty television, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 3.626 billion BFFFs are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The relatively small, corrupt, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Brisher. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 19.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Ashailayian economy, worth 530 trillion Gems a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Soda Sales. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an impressive 146,208 Gems, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 796,528 per year while the poor average 13,772, a ratio of 57.8 to 1.

Vaccinations are mandatory, legislation sometimes has to battle through weeks of filibustering to pass, Scrabble champions have been left scrambling for scraps, and Regent Halantel's media campaigns take a hiatus around exam week. Crime, especially youth-related, is pervasive, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Ashailay's national animal is the Jaguar, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ashailay is ranked 6,726^th in the world and 1^st in Angelic League for Fattest Citizens, with 21.8 Obesity Rate.