The Prefecture of Asui is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Governor Count Kanji Ishiwara with an even hand, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, unlimited-speed roads, and otherworldly petting zoo. The hard-working, devout population of 15.432 billion Asuians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Spirituality, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tsuyu. The average income tax rate is 40.6%.

The strong Asuian economy, worth 932 trillion yen a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 60,383 yen, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.9 times as much as the poorest.

Wealthy pranksters dump refuse on unsuspecting citizens from up high, pharmaceutical companies emphatically promise that "your pills are in the mail" rather than admit any supply shortfall, the nation is The Shogunate's leading manufacturer of intricately-patterned sweaters, and corporate executives continue to enjoy generous tax benefits while the public is taxed to the hilt. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Asui's national animal is the frog, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Shintō.

Asui is ranked 113,269^th in the world and 1^st in The Shogunate for Most Developed, scoring 59.23 on the Human Development Index.