The People's Republic of Aspach is a large, cultured nation, notable for its state-planned economy, hatred of cheese, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical population of 180 million Aspachians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 72.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Aspachian economy, worth 2.27 trillion 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 significant contributions from Book Publishing, Trout Farming, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 12,591 Aspes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Quiet professionalism has returned to the nation's armed forces, retiring citizens are dragged away in the middle of the night by mysterious men in black suits, flu research is commonly shut down for fear of creating a superbug, and government agents scour baking periodicals for subversive recipes. 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 326,706^th in the world and 915^th in Europe for Highest Average Incomes, with 12,591.69 Standard Monetary Units.