The Scarlet Destruction Tool of Sultur Aurora is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Herus Zareus with an iron fist, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, sprawling nuclear power plants, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 8.293 billion Sulturans 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 large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sultera. The average income tax rate is 69.2%.

The all-consuming of Sultur Aurora economy, worth 762 trillion Leas a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Soda Sales. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is 92,004 Leas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.5 times as much as the poorest.

Edutainment video games are taking Sultur Aurora's students to the next level, the wheel has been patented by at least a hundred people, Sulturans incessantly needle their doctors for relief, and commuters are denied boarding for attempting to bring packed lunches onto trains. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sultur Aurora's national animal is the Fire Salamander, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways, and its national religion is the Sacred Church of Sultur Aurora.

Sultur Aurora is ranked 38,702^nd in the world and 21^st in Deliverance for Most Advanced Defense Forces, scoring 3,249.21 on the Total War Preparedness Rating.