The Rogue Nation of Astaraion is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Emperor Caspian with an even hand, and renowned for its state-planned economy, vat-grown people, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 2.141 billion Astaraionians 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Island Lusca. The average income tax rate is 87.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Astaraionian economy, worth 280 trillion krackles 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 led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is an impressive 130,878 krackles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Gay men commonly complain about their time of the month, the words 'private' and 'enterprise' must never appear in the same sentence, recent protests against birds flying too low have resulted in bloodshed, and sleep-deprived officials are known to collapse after late night revision for their examinations. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Astaraion's national animal is the spotted leviathan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Caerulediel.

Astaraion is ranked 65,575^th in the world and 372^nd in Europe for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring 4,123.01 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.