The Free Land of Asfaloth is a massive, efficient nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, state-planned economy, and soft-spoken computers. The hard-nosed, devout population of 3.689 billion Asfalothians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 23.2%.

The thriving Asfalothian economy, worth 250 trillion Hays a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Arms Manufacturing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 67,788 Hays, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 233,765 per year while the poor average 14,389, a ratio of 16.2 to 1.

The "boy who cried wolf" policy makes sick people reluctant to call an ambulance, the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, human sacrifice to the metaphorical altar of Mammon ensures national prosperity, and nobody knows why the caged Horse sings. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Asfaloth's national animal is the Horse, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Asfaloth is ranked 265,151^st in the world and 10^th in Lindon for Most Beautiful Environments, with 121.44 pounds of wildlife per square mile.