The Republic of Aura4 is a colossal, orderly nation, renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, disturbing lack of elderly people, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 5.786 billion Aura4ians 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 large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 65.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The frighteningly efficient Aura4ian economy, worth 582 trillion guilders a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Arms Manufacturing, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 100,745 guilders, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
The government tries not to listen to the people unless it absolutely has to, it is illegal to distribute Girl Guide Cookies without an advanced food hygiene diploma, a large concrete wall is being built around the country's borders, and escaped birthday balloons are torpedoed out of the sky. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aura4's national animal is the beaver, which is also the nation's favorite main course.
Aura4 is ranked 54,315th in the world and 2,756th in Lazarus for Highest Food Quality, scoring 32.13 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in
Aura4, escaped birthday balloons are torpedoed out of the sky.
- : Following new legislation in Aura4, a large concrete wall is being built around the country's borders.
- : Following new legislation in Aura4, it is illegal to distribute Girl Guide Cookies without an advanced food hygiene diploma.
- : Following new legislation in Aura4, the government tries not to listen to the people unless it absolutely has to.
- : Aura4 was reclassified from "Moralistic Democracy" to "Iron Fist Consumerists".
- : Following new legislation in Aura4, signs of extraterrestrial life are just foreign astronauts evading Aura4ian justice.
- : Aura4 was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Highest Poor Incomes, Largest Black Market, and Highest Foreign Aid Spending and the Top 5% for Most Patriotic and Highest Disposable Incomes.
- : Following new legislation in Aura4, the country routinely whitewashes uncomfortable parts of its history.
- : Following new legislation in Aura4, the experimental sculpture "Overtures In Dried Beaver Dung" has been declared a national treasure.
- : Following new legislation in Aura4, construction workers evacuate work sites after finding sharp rocks on the ground.
