The Demokratiske Republikken of New Asden is a mammoth, socially progressive nation, ruled by Henri Veesaar with a fair hand, and notable for its complete lack of prisons, pith helmet sales, and rampant corporate plagiarism. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 8.335 billion Asdenians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The relatively small, corrupt, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Beaufort. The average income tax rate is 32.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Asdenian economy, worth a remarkable 2,102 trillion Gaillards a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Retail. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an amazing 252,307 Gaillards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.8 times as much as the poorest.

Things are looking up for patients accidentally prescribed erectile dysfunction medication, religious turf wars have caused frustrated police to pray for divine intervention, New Asden's fine wines are renowned throughout the region, and the law is more interested in punishing crime than preventing it. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. New Asden's national animal is the Osprey, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Protestantism.

New Asden is ranked 7,428^th in the world and 19^th in The Kodiak Republic for Most Cultured, scoring 130 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.