The Republic of Auricland is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by His Utmost Excellency and Majesty with an iron fist, and notable for its national health service, public floggings, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 2.522 billion Auriclandians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Artopolis. The average income tax rate is 59.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Auriclandian economy, worth 382 trillion Aurums a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 151,713 Aurums, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.9 times as much as the poorest.

Foreign heads of state have taken out restraining orders against Auriclandian ambassadors, the nation's new Mylab space station is notorious for being the loneliest place above the planet, the Finance Ministry posts hourly updates on where taxpayer money is spent, and the nation's most popular sport is sabotaging foreigners' hopes and dreams. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Auricland's national animal is the Memek, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Auricland is ranked 27,229^th in the world and 657^th in The East Pacific for Safest, scoring 110.45 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.