The Republic of Ast Sold is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, museums and concert halls, and national health service. The compassionate, democratic population of 16.702 billion Ast Soldians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Environment. The average income tax rate is 87.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ast Soldian economy, worth a remarkable 2,436 trillion Dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 145,892 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation's democracy attracts huddled masses yearning to breathe free, government statisticians explain census inaccuracies by declaring that "Sith happens", the nation continues to depend on foreigners for food, and the media seems excessively interested in what Leader is wearing this season. Crime is totally unknown. Ast Sold's national animal is the Dog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ast Sold is ranked 41,490^th in the world and 2,864^th in Lazarus for Lowest Crime Rates, with 79.7 law-abiding acts per hour.