The Democratic Republic of United Asgard States is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 439 million United Asgard Statesians 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 tiny government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 8.0%.

The United Asgard Statesian economy, worth 22.2 trillion Asgardian Dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Basket Weaving, and Information Technology. Average income is 50,506 Asgardian Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

Pro-life activists often lecture pregnant women undergoing routine prenatal screening, concert halls sport signs proclaiming "No Shorts, Sandals or Swastikas", Leader is strangely popular with male politicians' wives, and parents receive hefty fines for telling kids to eat their vegetables. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control. United Asgard States's national animal is the Cocker Spaniel.

United Asgard States is ranked 128,075^th in the world and 235^th in The Kodiak Republic for Highest Food Quality, scoring 18.28 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.