The Sacred and Serene Empire of Ascilonon is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Emperor Cesare II of House Borgia with an iron fist, and renowned for its national health service, complete lack of prisons, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 17.004 billion Ascilononians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Armenaloth. The average income tax rate is 68.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Ascilononian economy, worth a remarkable 4,805 trillion Dratchmas a year, is mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Tourism, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 282,629 Dratchmas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.0 times as much as the poorest.

Foreign spirits are hard to find due to an abundance of "Cletus and Jim Bob's Homemade Ascilononian Moonshine", Ascilononians seem to be catching more chills, children's TV shows are having a gay old time, and the latest national park is visited by more sharks than people. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ascilonon's national animal is the Leopard, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Hellenism.

Ascilonon is ranked 321,178^th in the world and 808^th in Horizon for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -11.95 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.