The Republic of Auto is a mammoth, efficient nation, notable for its complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 7.858 billion Autoans are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The minute, pro-business, well-organized government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Spirituality, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.6%.

The thriving Autoan economy, worth 544 trillion deniers a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. Average income is 69,314 deniers, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 245,349 per year while the poor average 14,138, a ratio of 17.4 to 1.

Crime is a serious problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Auto's national animal is the falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Auto is ranked 105,032^nd in the world and 5,313^th in Lazarus for Largest Black Market, with 2.29 trillion Standard Monetary Units.