The Colony of Agustine is a very large, safe nation, renowned for its public floggings, suspicion of poets, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 281 million Agustineans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Danube. The average income tax rate is 47.0%.

The Agustinean economy, worth 17.3 trillion Euros a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Woodchip Exports, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 61,674 Euros, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

Naval patrols only last nine months, foreign lack of enthusiasm for Agustinean nose-flute disco metal is seen as a reasonable casus belli, male med students learning female anatomy do so with their eyes tightly closed, and murderers frequently escape punishment by claiming they were protecting their honour. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Agustine's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Agustine is ranked 290,643^rd in the world and 187^th in Corsair for Smartest Citizens, with 12.83 quips per hour.