The Holy Empire of Asheem is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Pontifex Puissant with an even hand, and remarkable for its deadly medical pandemics, avowedly heterosexual populace, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 1.066 billion Asheemians are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The tiny government is dominated by the Department of Spirituality, with Industry, Law & Order, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while Social Policy and International Aid are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Yapican. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.8%.

The powerhouse Asheemian economy, worth 95.5 trillion penances a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Cheese Exports, Automobile Manufacturing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 89,633 penances, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 462,452 per year while the poor average 9,463, a ratio of 48.9 to 1.

The booming slave trade is now government-funded, copies of the constitution are used as toilet paper, party affiliation is just as irrelevant as campaign promises, and door-to-door salesmen are frequently beaten up by 'vigilantes'. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Asheem's national animal is the dove, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Asheem is ranked 9,795^th in the world and 3^rd in Aeyrgia for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 6,944.9 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.