The Martial Republic of Ascoobis is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Generalissimo Reyno Nicholas with an even hand, and remarkable for its frequent executions, parental licensing program, and rampant corporate plagiarism. The compassionate, humorless population of 20.033 billion Ascoobians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Darkmount. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Ascoobian economy, worth a remarkable 4,883 trillion Credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing and Tourism. Average income is an amazing 243,769 Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Politicians "baring all" for the camera isn't always a figure of speech, military minds worry that 'the blue screen of death' on brand new operating systems may be a literal description, a newly discovered small mammal's name translates into Ascoobian as 'your finger, you fool', and several citizens have complained about scientists abducting their pets for experimentation. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ascoobis's national animal is the Golden Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Secularism.

Ascoobis is ranked 537^th in the world and 2^nd in The Free Nations Region for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 1,129.34 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.