The Incorporated States of HARRIS ASIA is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its state-planned economy, keen interest in outer space, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 378 million HARRIS ASIAians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of HARRIS. The average income tax rate is 54.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong HARRIS ASIAian economy, worth 29.1 trillion bitcoins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient black market in Information Technology, Cheese Exports, Basket Weaving, and Uranium Mining. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 77,046 bitcoins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Students cut up leftover bitcoins during Arts and Crafts, HARRIS ASIAians incessantly needle their doctors for relief, disposable antiseptic wipes are considered a social necessity, and travellers are often forcibly evicted by torch-bearing mobs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. HARRIS ASIA's national animal is the cobra, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

HARRIS ASIA is ranked 45,754^th in the world and 130^th in Refugia for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 159.59 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.