The Federation of Aurum Riders 42th Treasury is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, public floggings, and frequent executions. The compassionate, devout population of 3.724 billion Aurum Riders 42th Treasuryians 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 prioritizes Law & Order, although Industry and Healthcare are also considered important, while Welfare and Environment are ignored. The average income tax rate is 10.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Aurum Riders 42th Treasuryian economy, worth 166 trillion Gold Bars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 44,828 Gold Bars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Internet searches for the inventor of the three-wheeled steam-powered Aurum Riders 42th Treasuryian weed picker are way up, looting and pillaging are now considered vital intelligence-gathering activities, policemen regularly conduct midnight raids on closed donut shops to 'collect evidence', and no suburban lawn is complete without barbed wire and landmines. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Aurum Riders 42th Treasury's national animal is the Gold Bar, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Aurum Riders 42th Treasury is ranked 82,276^th in the world and 1,541^st in Suspicious for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 2,104.75 on the Gilded Widget Scale.