The Sapphic Haven of Astriva is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Akora Oridanus with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.698 billion Astrivans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lunaria. The average income tax rate is 86.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Astrivan economy, worth 317 trillion Lunas 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 led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Trout Farming. Average income is an impressive 117,812 Lunas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

School football matches are usually five-a-side, prisoners regularly escape detention posing as scarecrows, the Violetist community celebrates bombshells being dropped on Astriva, and NPCs in MMORPGs regularly interrupt cutscenes with OOC reminders that they aren't real people. Crime is totally unknown. Astriva's national animal is the Starling, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Astriva is ranked 5,124^th in the world and 149^th in the South Pacific for Nicest Citizens, with 47.36 average smiles per day.