The State of Asturia is a gargantuan, orderly nation, notable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 32.495 billion Asturians 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 Welfare, Law & Order, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Douglas Heights. The average income tax rate is 66.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Asturian economy, worth 994 trillion betales 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 dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Basket Weaving, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 30,611 betales, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Harry Potter books are banned, the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, organ donation rates are among the lowest in the region, and Asturia has designated Douglas Heights as its capital city. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Asturia's national animal is the deer, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Asturia is ranked 247,823^rd in the world and 477^th in State for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 29.15 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.