The Silly lil' sillies of United Asahi is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Head Commissar Shigenobu with an even hand, and remarkable for its irreverence towards religion, punitive income tax rates, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 5.356 billion Asahis enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Akahata. The average income tax rate is 75.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Asahi economy, worth 597 trillion notes 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 dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is an impressive 111,498 notes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation is known abroad mostly for its Parliamentary antics, the government is continually probing the galaxy in search of alien life, 'A is for Annulment' is a popular children's song, and fire stations and hospitals can't deploy emergency vehicles because badly parked cars block them in. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. United Asahi's national animal is the Larger Winged Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

United Asahi is ranked 40,266^th in the world and 155^th in The Leftist Assembly for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 4,658.99 on the Gilded Widget Scale.