The Empire of Auaithron is a huge, orderly nation, notable for its public floggings, ubiquitous missile silos, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 556 million Auaithronians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 35.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Auaithronian economy, worth 26.5 trillion marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 47,735 marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Several citizens have complained about scientists abducting their pets for experimentation, there is a heavy social stigma attached to e-cigarettes, nobody is allowed to stop the local daycare from reading Nietzsche to pre-schoolers, and the consent form for routine blood pressure measurement has been nominated for the 'Novel Of The Year' award. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Auaithron's national animal is the sheep.

Auaithron is ranked 130,924^th in the world and 6,145^th in Osiris for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 799.52 on the Gilded Widget Scale.