The Republic of Aurelius is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, infamous sell-swords, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 8.875 billion Aureliusians 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, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 37.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Aureliusian economy, worth 680 trillion denarii a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Retail. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 76,709 denarii, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Returning vacationers often find that their property is now a construction site, the military is slashing spending on conventional arms and diverting it to spending on prosthetic arms, money can't buy happiness but it can buy immunity to prosecution, and the nationalised Arms Manufacturing Industry is not interested in making weapons. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aurelius's national animal is the wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Aurelius is ranked 164,553^rd in the world and 2,153^rd in Remembrance for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 268.5 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.