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The United Shogunate of Astartia is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by the Shogun with an even hand, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, unlimited-speed roads, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cheerful population of 22.759 billion Astartians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The tiny, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Adaremia. The average income tax rate is 2.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Astartian economy, worth a remarkable 9,328 trillion kemons a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 409,885 kemons, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Passionate nomination battles are often as intense as general elections, citizens are permitted to carry concealed handguns, the government provides its citizenry with the same mass produced rations, and the government recently relinquished its monopoly on the mail service. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Astartia's national animal is the dove, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is astartianism.

Astartia is ranked 245,928^th in the world and 88^th in Portugal for Most Conservative, scoring 40.58 on the Bush-Santorum Dawning Terror Index.