The Theocracy of Cultural Astolfism is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Astolfo with an even hand, and renowned for its absence of drug laws, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 4.245 billion Astolfists enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 97.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Astolfist economy, worth 873 trillion Loves a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Soda Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 205,711 Loves, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Government buildings are being cleansed of anything that might have racist connotations, national parks have long lines of different gender-specific 'Porta-Pottys', Astolfists are fixin' ta comma any way they wanna, and arms manufacturers and mild-mannered journalists have been outed as superheroes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Cultural Astolfism's national animal is the Hippogriff, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Astolfism.

Cultural Astolfism is ranked 285,565^th in the world and 3,904^th in the Pacific for Most Patriotic, with 0.28 flags saluted per person per day.