The Queendom of Astrid The Conqueror is a massive, genial nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, daily referendums, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 3.664 billion Astrid The Conquerorians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Victoria. The average income tax rate is 78.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Astrid The Conquerorian economy, worth 710 trillion pesos a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. Average income is an impressive 194,038 pesos, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Artists from across the nation compete to renovate the restrooms of old government buildings, there's no such thing as bad publicity, the Smalltopian embassy doubles as an electoral campaign headquarters, and vaccinations are mandatory. Crime is totally unknown. Astrid The Conqueror's national animal is the mouse, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Astrid The Conqueror is ranked 13,519^th in the world and 1^st in Skandinavia for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 348.83 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.