The Republic of Ashiosal is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Allen with an iron fist, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, free-roaming dinosaurs, and otherworldly petting zoo. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 1.164 billion Ashiosalians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Ashville. The average income tax rate is 27.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Ashiosalian economy, worth 152 trillion Super Credits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Automobile Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 131,297 Super Credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.5 times as much as the poorest.

Nuclear submarines have been deployed to protect the nation's banana supply, dogs are encouraged to confront the psychodynamic roots of their desire to be "good boys", political activists are routinely executed, and broken suspension systems are giving auto repair shops plenty of business. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ashiosal's national animal is the Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Christianity.

Ashiosal is ranked 119,374^th in the world and 2^nd in Cool Place for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 1,181.15 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.