The Republic of Ashlinsk is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Gloria Aszlewska with an even hand, and renowned for its smutty television, national health service, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, hard-working population of 4.286 billion Ashlinskians 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, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Królewiec. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 26.2%.

The all-consuming Ashlinskian economy, worth 485 trillion Ashlinskian Groszes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 113,263 Ashlinskian Groszes, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 322,897 per year while the poor average 31,681, a ratio of 10.2 to 1.

The national colors help to make everyone look slimmer, Maxtopian tourists make expensive pilgrimages to Królewiec to enjoy their national art, viewers get headaches from trying to read the screen full of small print warnings that precede most TV shows, and new safety regulations require all cars manufactured in Ashlinsk to be bombproof. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ashlinsk's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Terramatism.

Ashlinsk is ranked 15,474^th in the world and 3^rd in Tri Sea Pact for Most Cultured, scoring 96 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.