The Colony of Asact is a colossal, cultured nation, renowned for its avant-garde cinema, compulsory military service, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed population of 3.634 billion Asactians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 68.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Asactian economy, worth 463 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Retail. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 127,430 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Scrapyards are filled with Leader's face, laser-wielding robots are taking aim at human hearts, drill sergeants yell in the ears of bespectacled nerds in cybermilitary "reboot camps", and the beauty of coastal towns is marred only slightly by all the closed-down storefronts. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Asact's national animal is the wolf, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Asact is ranked 20,576^th in the world and 6^th in Starland for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 104.72 on the Bus Surprisal Index.