The Empire of The Great Astral Empire is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its compulsory military service, parental licensing program, and irreverence towards religion. The cynical population of 799 million The Astrals are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Astral. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 22.7%.

The thriving Great Astral Empirean economy, worth 67.6 trillion Astas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 84,654 Astas, with the richest citizens earning 5.7 times as much as the poorest.

Police spend their Saturday nights breaking up illegal street races, museums have more touchscreens on display than artifacts, advert breaks are played at lower volumes to make them easier to ignore, and wrongful arrests abound as 'criminals' blame the guy next to them. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Great Astral Empire's national animal is the Dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

The Great Astral Empire is ranked 109,768^th in the world and 1,882^nd in The East Pacific for Most Corrupt Governments, with 9.96 kickbacks per hour.