The Constitutional Monarchy of Lost Astoria is a huge, genial nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 262 million Astorians 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 Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Odellus-Kalathar. The average income tax rate is 52.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Astorian economy, worth 19.1 trillion Hawkpences a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 72,758 Hawkpences, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Traveller camps regularly block five-lane superhighways, fiscal policy hawks decry the sizable "panem et circenses" fund added to the public budget, the latest "must-have" uPhone is 1/4 mm thinner than last year's uPhone, and the people are famous throughout the region for their perfect yellow teeth. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Lost Astoria's national animal is the Astorian Hawk, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Lost Astoria is ranked 225,224^th in the world and 111^th in Anteria for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -5.59 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.