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“One small island, yet one great nation.”

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The Grand Republic of Aason is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by President Spiderwither Patches with a fair hand, and remarkable for its ban on automobiles, keen interest in outer space, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 2.857 billion Aasonians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Arachnid City. The average income tax rate is 91.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Aasonian economy, worth 401 trillion Aason dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 140,576 Aason dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Surfing lessons include how to ward off sharks, things are looking up for patients accidentally prescribed erectile dysfunction medication, group hugs break out during floor votes, and 'To Regulate And Beyond' is the unofficial motto of the Aasonian Space Agency. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aason's national animal is the Cosmophasis umbratica, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Secularism.

Aason is ranked 12,445^th in the world and 11^th in Carcassonne for Largest Governments, scoring 34.39 on the Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index.