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The Matriarchy of Asinker is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, avant-garde cinema, and irreverence towards religion. The quiet, industrious population of 401 million Asinkerians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 32.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Asinkerian economy, worth 13.7 trillion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Woodchip Exports, and Book Publishing. Average income is 34,059 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Most barbers are also surgeons, citizens cannot change their light bulbs without approval from an international committee, elevator music has been replaced by thrash metal played at maximum volume, and all mothers are allowed six months fully-paid maternity leave. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Asinker's national animal is the dolphin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Asinker is ranked 66,689^th in the world and 1,104^th in The East Pacific for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 3,314.97 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.