The People's Republic of Aspach is a large, cultured nation, notable for its state-planned economy, soft-spoken computers, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cynical population of 117 million Aspachians are ruled with an iron fist by the socialist government, which grants its people the freedom to do whatever they like so long as it doesn't involve getting richer than anybody else or challenging the government.

The enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 73.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Aspachian economy, worth 1.19 trillion Aspes 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 Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Book Publishing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 10,163 Aspes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

There's nothing more gay than bleeding for your nation, officials pull all-nighters to check immigrants for potential links to terrorists, fifteen-year-olds cannot walk younger siblings to school without a professional Childcare and Education Certificate, and job descriptions are required to list the length of their siesta breaks. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aspach's national animal is the Martin, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Aspach is ranked 196,706^th in the world and 730^th in Europe for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 521.99 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.