The Kingdom of Aursi is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Queen Aursia with an iron fist, and remarkable for its deadly medical pandemics, ubiquitous missile silos, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 5.364 billion Aursians 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 Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Aurtumn. The average income tax rate is 47.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Aursian economy, worth a remarkable 1,011 trillion Aursifens a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 188,607 Aursifens, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

The Aursi Automotive Racing Series draws millions of spectators annually while those near the tracks complain about the noise, printing ink yields Aursiafism's biggest return on investment, tourists flock to see the giant stone carvings of historical leaders at Mount Rushless, and the nation's new Mylab space station is notorious for being the loneliest place above the planet. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aursi's national animal is the PoKoPoKo, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Aursiafism.

Aursi is ranked 13,661^st in the world and 2^nd in Anubis for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 346.82 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.