The Democratic Republic of Austronion is a very large, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its irreverence towards religion and suspicion of poets. The hard-working, democratic population of 121 million Austronionians 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 relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 15.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Austronionian economy, worth 6.47 trillion Austron Dollars a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 53,471 Austron Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Closed universities are currently being converted into McRonald's restaurants, the nation's youth would rather watch paint dry than the news, an aboriginal talking stick is used for leaders' debates at election time, and all telephone traffic is monitored for 'national security reasons'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Austronion's national animal is the Grey Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Austronion is ranked 99,874^th in the world and 684^th in Europeia for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 50.5 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.