The Empire of Auroaris is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Emperor Merodach with an iron fist, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, free-roaming dinosaurs, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 4.143 billion Auroans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Law & Order, although Education, Defense, and Administration are also considered important, while International Aid receives no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ryth. The average income tax rate is 78.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Auroan economy, worth 320 trillion darics a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Furniture Restoration industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Woodchip Exports, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 77,466 darics, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Several citizens have complained about scientists abducting their pets for experimentation, chain-gangs are often seen toting barges and lifting bales, weekends are spent tilting at windmills, and children fear compulsory visits to their spiritual advisors more than the dentist. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Auroaris's national animal is the saber-toothed cat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Divine Light.

Auroaris is ranked 18,643^rd in the world and 1,304^th in Balder for Most Corrupt Governments, with 105.74 kickbacks per hour.