The Eternal Misfortune of Askatopia is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by The Executioner with an iron fist, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, public floggings, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 20.108 billion Disposables 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order and Spirituality also on the agenda, while Education and Environment receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Unyielding Cesspit Of Filth. The income tax rate is 100.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Disposable economy, worth an astonishing 12,255 trillion Nuclear Bombs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, highly specialized black market in Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, Basket Weaving, and Furniture Restoration. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is a breathtaking 609,486 Nuclear Bombs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Everyone suspects that everyone else is a terrorist, children are often punished for the sins of the fathers, The Executioner is refusing to make decisions until the Moon is out of Capricorn, and Disposables are unrivalled in obstacle courses. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Askatopia's national animal is the Slug, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Violetism.

Askatopia is ranked 9,691^st in the world and 6^th in Pencil Sharpeners Puppet Storage for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 8,894.49 on the Gilded Widget Scale.