The Federation of Astoryia is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Jakob Jodl with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, lack of airports, and compulsory military service. The quiet, industrious population of 1.016 billion Astors 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, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Arad. The average income tax rate is 34.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Astoryian economy, worth 119 trillion Astorian Pounds a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 117,536 Astorian Pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Political speeches that drill deep into bureaucratic fine detail could be said to be a little boring, parents who reward their teens' chores with concert tickets are charged with illegal reselling, military information leaks are **REDACTED** by **REDACTED** in **REDACTED**, and liberals and conservatives try to disqualify each other's candidates on the grounds that "their ideas would never work in the real world". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Astoryia's national animal is the Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Astoryia is ranked 99,540^th in the world and 130^th in Thaecia for Highest Economic Output, with 119 trillion Standard Monetary Units.