The Grand Duchy of Aserlandia is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Grand Duke Maurice III with an even hand, and notable for its daily referendums, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cheerful, devout population of 4.891 billion Aserians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Asertia. The average income tax rate is 95.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Aserian economy, worth 944 trillion asrullias a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 193,146 asrullias, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Dog owners proudly declare that their pups can predict when the mailman will arrive, the government awards prizes to television shows featuring stereotype-breaking minority roles, crime suspects are forced to submit to blood testing, and prolonged government investigations are a common revenge tactic among spurned significant others. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aserlandia's national animal is the oriental serpent, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.

Aserlandia is ranked 4,546^th in the world and 5^th in The Land of Kings and Emperors for Highest Food Quality, scoring 214 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.