The Federal Commonwealth of Pax Aurea is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by President Gaius Proctus with a fair hand, and notable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, keen interest in outer space, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 36.739 billion Aureans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government prioritizes Education, although Environment, Industry, and Welfare are also considered important, while Defense is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pacifica. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Aurean economy, worth an astonishing 22,258 trillion Aurean Marks a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is a breathtaking 605,868 Aurean Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Government expenses are beyond compare, diplomats are always trying to convince other nations to adopt l33t speak, anti-government web sites are springing up, and anti-government political posters adorn every building like wallpaper. Crime is totally unknown. Pax Aurea's national animal is the wild cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is the Council of World Religions.

Pax Aurea is ranked 12^th in the world and 1^st in European Union for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 98,956.86 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.