The Aurelaignes Republic of Izaiya is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by The President with a fair hand, and renowned for its punitive income tax rates, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 5.723 billion Aurelians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Gaio. The average income tax rate is 74.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Aurelian economy, worth 670 trillion Gildens a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 117,117 Gildens, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The caged-bird trade is singing, dictionary sales have hit an all-time high, older ladies are inundated with offers to help them cross the road, and people reciting Shakespeare have become a common sight. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Izaiya's national animal is the Rose gold Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Religious Pluralism.

Izaiya is ranked 260,016^th in the world and 406^th in 10000 Islands for Most Primitive, scoring -215.24 on the Scary Big Number Scale.