The Pacific Socialist Federation of Astravica is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by the Premier Council with a fair hand, and remarkable for its state-planned economy, keen interest in outer space, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.642 billion Astravicans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Environment, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nova Rabauru. The average income tax rate is 76.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Astravican economy, worth 92.4 trillion kopeks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 34,986 kopeks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The new Hammerhead Shark Supremacy Party is faring well in the polls, moonshine has made a resurgence, school plays were recently banned due to concerns of child endangerment, and arguments about toilet seats being left up or down get surprisingly heated. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Astravica's national animal is the hammerhead shark, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is None.

Astravica is ranked 264,664^th in the world and 247^th in The Region That Has No Big Banks for Most Patriotic, with 0.95 flags saluted per person per day.