The Divine Island Kingdom of Aschente is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by God King Asche with an iron fist, and remarkable for its soft-spoken computers, ubiquitous missile silos, and state-planned economy. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 16.665 billion Aschenteans are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Aschente Prime. The average income tax rate is 67.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Aschentean economy, worth a remarkable 2,254 trillion Gem Chips 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 significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 135,281 Gem Chips, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The comic book series 'God King Asche and the Villainous Corporate Cronies' is a best-seller, professionals are ready to retire by the time they receive permission to use their credentials, military equipment is being auctioned off to extend comatose centenarians' lives, and Aschenteans are regularly fired for looking at MyFace during their lunch breaks. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aschente's national animal is the Dragon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Order of The Divine Seven.

Aschente is ranked 124,155^th in the world and 546^th in 10000 Islands for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 115.96 on the Clooney Contribution Index.