The Republic of Asarivia is a large, safe nation, renowned for its free-roaming dinosaurs, compulsory military service, and otherworldly petting zoo. The hard-nosed population of 168 million Asarivians 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 Education, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 34.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Asarivian economy, worth 6.87 trillion Revus a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Pizza Delivery. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 40,910 Revus, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Prison is a nightmare, priests are being drafted by the church load, truncheon-mounted cameras record the beating of criminals in dynamic HD detail, and sneezing pedestrians are grabbed by alley-lurking doctors. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Asarivia's national animal is the Elephant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Asarivia is ranked 87,671^st in the world and 283^rd in Brest Oblast for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 109.25 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.