The Empire of Aurea is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by The Emperor and Prime Minister with an even hand, and notable for its national health service and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 28.552 billion Aureans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Spirituality, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rio de Janeiro. The average income tax rate is 65.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Aurean economy, worth 903 trillion reais a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Woodchip Exports, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 31,634 reais, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Televangelists flaunt their expensive cars when they attend charity events, 1% of global paper production is bound for the National Archive, The Emperor and Prime Minister has just been declared ruler of Aurea in an international press conference, and Roman Catholicism has been named as Aurea's national religion. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aurea's national animal is the jaguar, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.

Aurea is ranked 102,435^th in the world and 24^th in South America for Smartest Citizens, with 36.17 quips per hour.