The Most Serene Republic of Aurborg is a very large, efficient nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-working, cynical population of 186 million Aurborges are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The relatively small, pro-business, well-organized government prioritizes Law & Order, although Healthcare, Defense, and Industry are also considered important, while Spirituality and International Aid are ignored. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.1%.

The powerhouse Aurborgian economy, worth 15.4 trillion Dalas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Book Publishing. Average income is 82,709 Dalas, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 381,978 per year while the poor average 10,816, a ratio of 35.3 to 1.

The people are famous throughout the region for their perfect yellow teeth, ghost regiments exist only on paper, there's more vermin than ever on the metro, and any body part that can be cut off a person is no longer considered to be their property. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force. Aurborg's national animal is the Snow Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Aurborg is ranked 262,225^th in the world and 3,185^th in the West Pacific for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring -7.75 on the Clooney Contribution Index.