The Republic of Ashlawn is a gargantuan, cultured nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 10.582 billion Ashlawnians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 24.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Ashlawnian economy, worth 487 trillion Noes a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Arms Manufacturing, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 46,105 Noes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Quiet professionalism has returned to the nation's armed forces, at least 1% of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs budget goes to Leader's wardrobe, glittering new sports stadiums adorn every city and town, and international humanitarian organisations are applauding the government for ending the death penalty. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Ashlawn's national animal is the Bald Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Ashlawn is ranked 80,155^th in the world and 116^th in Thaecia for Lowest Crime Rates, with 68.52 law-abiding acts per hour.