The Socialist Federation of Saint Aurel is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Sovereign Regent Nikolai Mikhailov with an even hand, and renowned for its pith helmet sales, soft-spoken computers, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 1.598 billion Saint Aurelians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, corrupt, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Karevsk. The average income tax rate is 89.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Saint Aurelian economy, worth 182 trillion rubles a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 114,026 rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Nothing gets the party jumping like Sovereign Regent Nikolai Mikhailov specifying how high, the 'no-coal' transition is being paid for in slashed student support funds, fashion models are guaranteed to be 100% genuinely as anorexic as they appear on magazine covers, and pausing for applause during a speech is seen as a form of censorship. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Saint Aurel's national animal is the horse, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Saint Aurel is ranked 16,388^th in the world and 1^st in The Mediterranean Region for Most Developed, scoring 87.87 on the Human Development Index.