The Guardian State of Hashishin is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by The Old Man with a fair hand, and renowned for its frequent executions, compulsory military service, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 9.275 billion Assassins 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Alamut Castle. The average income tax rate is 56.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Hashishinian economy, worth 788 trillion Daggers a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 85,019 Daggers, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Jennifer Government is a bestseller, the nation's interest in space is at an all-time high while interest in saving the planet is at an all-time low, the nation is wading into dangerous waters, and no-one can foil the ambitions of Big Aluminium. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Hashishin's national animal is the Horse, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is The Order of Assassins.

Hashishin is ranked 59,165^th in the world and 1^st in Thalassocratic Empire for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 3,715.74 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.