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The Federation of Auralia is a massive, economically powerful nation, ruled by Terrence Chapman with a fair hand, and renowned for its punitive income tax rates. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 3.094 billion 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.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Commerce, and Education. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Auralius. The average income tax rate is 63%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Information Technology, Tourism, and Book Publishing industries.

Cyber-crime and tin-foil hat sales are both increasing at record rates, businesses often fire workers in favour of cheaper automatic systems, city rooftops are pockmarked with the shattered remains of experimental delivery drones, and much of Auralia's computer network is controlled by a rampant artificial intelligence. Crime is well under control, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Auralia's national animal is the red kangaroo, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is Roman Catholicism, and its currency is the Auralian Dollar.

Auralia is ranked 65th in Catholic and 97,275th in the world for Most Conservative, scoring 37 on the Bush-Santorum Dawning Terror Index.

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