The United Federal Monarchy of Ashilion is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Prime Minister Kuferis Alasanov with an iron fist, and remarkable for its frequent executions, parental licensing program, and soft-spoken computers. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 6.647 billion Ashilians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kugefeg. The average income tax rate is 82.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ashiliian economy, worth a remarkable 1,011 trillion Alcils a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 152,176 Alcils, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Schoolchildren on field trips are asked what torture means to them, the restriction that you must be over 1.1 metres tall to ride a carnotaurus has recently been waived, the government has instituted 'traveller reservations' across the country, and in musicals everybody's a little bit racist. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ashilion's national animal is the Ashilian Grey Doves, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Notafo and Sokrota.

Ashilion is ranked 13,795^th in the world and 1^st in United Ashilian Group for Smartest Citizens, with 81.74 quips per hour.