The Sunless Nation of Ausleria is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by General Edrich Flamerich with an iron fist, and notable for its lack of airports, infamous sell-swords, and avant-garde cinema. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 4.649 billion Auslerians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The medium-sized, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Industry, Healthcare, and Education also on the agenda, while Social Policy and Welfare receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kerslen. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 28.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Auslerian economy, worth 616 trillion Dalers a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an impressive 132,635 Dalers, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 621,962 per year while the poor average 16,863, a ratio of 36.9 to 1.

Daisy chain gangs plant flowers and pick up litter, citizens finish cleaning up after the annual National Treasure Hunt just in time for the next one, grocery stores can be audibly identified by the giggling emerging from them, and concussed Rat Snakeball players cannot remember their lineup position. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ausleria's national animal is the Rat Snake, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Ausleria is ranked 36,767^th in the world and 41^st in Fifth Empire for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 4,969.58 on the Gilded Widget Scale.