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“Vincit Qui Pateteur ”

The Sovereign Imperial Dominion of Aschenhyrst is a colossal, economically powerful nation, ruled by King Mark II with an iron fist, and notable for its parental licensing program. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 7.054 billion are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 33%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, followed by Beef-Based Agriculture and Automobile Manufacturing.

Euthanasia is legal, people regularly disappear off the streets and all evidence of them is destroyed, owning a tractor is widely regarded as an essential prerequisite to most government positions, and speaking out against the government is punishable by flogging. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Aschenhyrst's national animal is the Fox, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is Atheist, and its currency is the Aschenhyrst Dollar.

Aschenhyrst is ranked 46th in the region and 54,852nd in the world for Best Weather.