The Guardian State of Hashishin is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by The Old Man with a fair hand, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, public floggings, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 14.402 billion Assassins enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Alamut Castle. The average income tax rate is 45.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Hashishinian economy, worth a remarkable 1,283 trillion Daggers a year, is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 89,151 Daggers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

The fate of the world literally rests on The Old Man's fingers, the green glow is a sign of clean energy, in a fit of passion The Old Man has shredded thirty years' worth of petitions, and people caught mistreating Hashishin's flag generally wind up in a great deal of pain. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control. Hashishin's national animal is the Horse, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is The Order of Assassins.

Hashishin is ranked 56,972^nd in the world and 1^st in Thalassocratic Empire for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 164.59 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.