The People's Republic of Astatontingedo is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by the People's Council with an even hand, and renowned for its vat-grown people, keen interest in outer space, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 4.131 billion Astatontingedoans 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 Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Astatontingedo. The average income tax rate is 75.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Astatontingedoan economy, worth 381 trillion talars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration, Basket Weaving, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 92,247 talars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Faking deafness is the only way to guarantee a holiday in the nation, stray cats threaten the fledgling avian-based internet, stony-faced prosecutors play loud gangster rap music during court proceedings, and business meetings across the country are interrupted by the sound of squeaking whoopee-cushions. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Astatontingedo's national animal is the dolphin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Astatontingedo is ranked 66,239^th in the world and 6^th in Astatontingedoan Peninsula for Highest Average Incomes, with 92,247.59 Standard Monetary Units.