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The Federation of Astrimal is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its digital currency, compulsory military service, and state-planned economy. The compassionate, democratic population of 236 million Astrimalians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 47.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Astrimalian economy, worth 7.22 trillion Astrims 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 led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 30,590 Astrims, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Celebrities sit helplessly as they are labeled "pompous womples" by Leader, neon signs promoting safe driving often distract drivers, hundreds of sailors ride the good ship Leader day after day, and political talk shows often have children as guests whenever they need commentary on world religions. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Astrimal's national animal is the Pelican, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Astrimal is ranked 248,625^th in the world and 570^th in The Communist Bloc for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -6.24 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.