The Republic of Asios Vast is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Asios I with an even hand, and renowned for its ban on automobiles, smutty television, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 3.45 billion Asiosians 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 relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Asios City. The average income tax rate is 13.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Asios Vastian economy, worth 702 trillion Asiosian pesos a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 203,600 Asiosian pesos, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Maximum security fish farms leave caged salmon pining for the fjords, citizens try to ignore gruesome pictures of decaying teeth printed on their soda cans, hospitals fear government fines more than terrorist ransoms, and prankster scientists legally change their names to silly pseudonyms before major discoveries. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Asios Vast's national animal is the lion, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Asios Vast is ranked 149,944^th in the world and 670^th in Europeia for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 492.95 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.