The United Commonwealth of Ascvalion is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Chancellor Anthony McCarthy with an even hand, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, frequent executions, and compulsory gun ownership. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 7.212 billion Ascvalians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government prioritizes Administration, although Education, Industry, and Defense are also considered important. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vallengard. The average income tax rate is 77.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ascvalian economy, worth 793 trillion Credits a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 110,051 Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A passport is literally priceless, lovesick people are told 'it's not them, it's you', the saying "when pigs fly" has been changed to "when the lights work", and lobotomies haven't been the same after the practice was severed. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ascvalion's national animal is the Phoenix, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Christianity.

Ascvalion is ranked 24,920^th in the world and 1^st in The Organization of Nations for Highest Food Quality, scoring 102.84 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.