The People's Republic of Aspach is a mid-sized, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, hatred of cheese, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 56 million Aspachians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 72.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The basket case Aspachian economy, worth 677 billion Aspes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Trout Farming, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 12,095 Aspes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

State media features lively debates such as whether pineapple on pizza is an acceptable topping, the long arm of the law possesses a rather slow hand, Eau de Trashcan has become a wildly popular perfume, and the family summer vacation has become a thing of the past following the introduction of the year-round school year. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aspach's national animal is the Martin, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Aspach is ranked 306,027^th in the world and 1,372^nd in Europe for Largest Populations, with 56.0 million capita.