The Italexit of Astartia is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by the Revolutionary Council of State with an even hand, and remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, smutty television, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cheerful population of 17.543 billion Astartians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The tiny, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Adaremia. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Astartian economy, worth a remarkable 6,812 trillion coins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 388,310 coins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Authorities are looking for a stool pigeon to rat out who is stealing food from pigeon toilets, the delay between passed legislation and real world implementation is often a decade or longer, psychiatrists that date patients are congratulated on their romantic conquests, and citizens have to dodge their neighbors' drones while getting the morning paper. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Astartia's national animal is the dove, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Astartia is ranked 662^nd in the world and 1^st in Portugal for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 17,327.9 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.