The Republic of -Asgard is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its ban on automobiles, prohibition of alcohol, and enforced nudity. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 1.332 billion -Asgardians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized morass — juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Defense, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 81.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant -Asgardian economy, worth 6.24 trillion Gold bars 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 led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Cheese Exports, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 4,685 Gold bars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The only trips -Asgardians are allowed to take are the ones caused by hallucinogens, government bureaucrats shut down teenage yard-raking businesses for being counter-revolutionary, it's rare to find an unchewed pencil, and children keel over while singing "Leader Gives Us the Water of Life". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. -Asgard's national animal is the swan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

-Asgard is ranked 315,312^th in the world and 326^th in Sertia for Highest Average Incomes, with 4,685.1 Standard Monetary Units.