The Republic of Augustheat is a gargantuan, safe nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, absence of drug laws, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 13.154 billion Augustheatians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 66.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Augustheatian economy, worth 416 trillion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is 31,644 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Augustheat's national animal is the snake, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Augustheat is ranked 78,985^th in the world and 8^th in Taijitu for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 2,231.66 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.