The Paradise of Ashotu is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Ashotu user with an even hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, frequent executions, and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The compassionate, devout population of 1.47 billion Ashotunese 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 relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Healthcare, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hatamiyo. The average income tax rate is 18.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Ashotunese economy, worth 99.6 trillion nonexistents a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Retail, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 67,770 nonexistents, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The once prosperous capital is in utter decline, business ambassadors offer bong tokes to foreign leaders, the television adaptation of Jennifer Government is the most popular program in the nation, and national chefs believe that you can eat anything so long as you deep fry it first. Crime is totally unknown. Ashotu's national animal is the Kitsune, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Prism.

Ashotu is ranked 44,835^th in the world and 1^st in Mystic neighborhood for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 131.94 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.