The People's Socialist Magocracy of Asardia is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Archmage Luther Esquoria with an iron fist, and remarkable for its infamous sell-swords, smutty television, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 3.729 billion Asardians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, 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 Seran. The average income tax rate is 91.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Asardian economy, worth 566 trillion Talis Ingeniums a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 151,949 Talis Ingeniums, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

People have become comfortably numb, most Asardians would sell their own grandmother, the writing style of religious hymns often changes mid-stanza, and the freedom to be free is always just out of reach. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Asardia's national animal is the Oriental Tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Lógia Tessáron.

Asardia is ranked 139,126^th in the world and 182^nd in Yggdrasil for Most Pro-Market, scoring -63.67 on the Rand Index.