The Socialist Commonwealth of Free Astatontingedo is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Towarzysz Żółciutski with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and state-planned economy. The compassionate population of 4.552 billion Astatontingedoans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Żółć. The average income tax rate is 97.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Free Astatontingedoan economy, worth 681 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 highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 149,671 talars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

All artwork is carefully screened for offensive material, the Department of Reduction of Bureaucratic Red Tape has set up a working committee to investigate its own excessive paperwork, the government regularly publishes lengthy reports on its own excessive recordkeeping, and schoolchildren on field trips are asked what torture means to them. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Free Astatontingedo's national animal is the dolphin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Free Astatontingedo is ranked 6,558^th in the world and 1^st in Astatontingedoan Peninsula for Lowest Crime Rates, with 110.11 law-abiding acts per hour.