The Republic of Aslemia is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 717 million Aslemians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 21.0%.

The strong Aslemian economy, worth 40.5 trillion Aslemian surgoes a year, is led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Woodchip Exports, and Information Technology. Average income is 56,542 Aslemian surgoes, with the richest citizens earning 6.4 times as much as the poorest.

School lessons are constantly interrupted by 'teacher needs a break' time, Aslemia City has restaurants serving every meat from aardvark to zebra, arbitration is mightier than the sword, and teenage male videogamers often suffer repetitive strain wrist injuries. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aslemia's national animal is the turtle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Aslemia is ranked 183,388^th in the world and 9^th in Windfall Shores for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 913.32 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.