The Armed Corporations of Aurora Islands is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by General John T Westmoreland with an even hand, and renowned for its irreverence towards religion, compulsory gun ownership, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 36.503 billion Auroraians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The tiny, corrupt, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Aurora City. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Auroraian economy, worth an astonishing 38,174 trillion golden dollars a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Soda Sales. Average income is a breathtaking 1,045,785 golden dollars, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 9,795,436 per year while the poor average 9,407, a ratio of 1,041 to 1.

Schoolchildren on field trips are asked what torture means to them, a bill to outlaw math homework has been submitted, college-level writing classes are taught by undergraduate editors of the school newspaper, and the government regularly hires contractors to construct high rise apartments. Crime is totally unknown. Aurora Islands's national animal is the golden hummingbird, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Aurora Islands is ranked 334,772^nd in the world and 358^th in United Kingdom for Most Advanced Public Transport, scoring -33.91 on the Societal Mobility Rating.