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“Aurum est Vox, Cruor est Vita”

The Nationalist Imperium of Augarundus is a massive, devout nation, ruled by Kanzler Otto Vitali with an iron fist, and notable for its punitive income tax rates. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 2.599 billion 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.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, moralistic, pro-business government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defence, and Religion & Spirituality. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Augaria. The average income tax rate is 100%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry.

Harry Potter books are banned, pristine wilderness has been trashed in the quest for cheaper oil, bicyclists are banned from major roads, and traffic jams are a common sight due to construction work from a massive overhaul of the nation's freeways. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Augarundus's national animal is the Augarian white raven, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is Roman Catholicism, and its currency is the Dovka.

Augarundus is ranked 4th in the region and 1,169th in the world for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector.