The Great Western Sassquatch of Bran Astor is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Harry Henderson with an even hand, and notable for its absence of drug laws, punitive income tax rates, and complete absence of social welfare. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 16.966 billion Astorians 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, corrupt government prioritizes Education, with Environment, Industry, and Defense also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Welfare aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Stumptown. The average income tax rate is 68.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Astorian economy, worth a remarkable 2,953 trillion bytecoins a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 174,090 bytecoins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

They unpaved paradise and tore up a parking lot (ooh, bop bop bop), the latest electric jet fighter has almost enough battery charge to reach cruising altitude -- provided you don't use the radar, superfoods are often seen as supervillains, and charity workers were first up against the wall when the time came. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Bran Astor's national animal is the tree octopus, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Gnostic Creationism.

Bran Astor is ranked 264,955^th in the world and 3,142^nd in the West Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 48.04 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.