The Free Land of Austvik is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its absence of drug laws, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 1.542 billion Austvikians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The medium-sized, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 44.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Austvikian economy, worth 28.1 trillion kroner a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Trout Farming, Beef-Based Agriculture, Automobile Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 18,193 kroner, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown. Austvik's national animal is the reinsdyr, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Austvik is ranked 300,410^th in the world and 232^nd in Empire of Love for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring -7.9 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.