The Cold planet of Aurorianisia is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Local councils with an iron fist, and notable for its anti-smoking policies, ban on automobiles, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 2.266 billion Aurorians 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 enormous, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Industry, Law & Order, and Education also on the agenda, while International Aid is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hightsi Lake. The average income tax rate is 77.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Aurorian economy, worth 257 trillion Golds a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 113,475 Golds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.1 times as much as the poorest.

Aurorian companies generally just fire employees in lieu of giving them vacation, carbon-footprint restrictions are making businesses walk, the nanny industry has had a boom after maternity leave was recently banned, and crime is on the rise as DNA sampling has been all but outlawed. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aurorianisia's national animal is the Fish, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Aurorianisia is ranked 206,546^th in the world and 305^th in United Kingdom for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring 459 on the Hickory Productivity Index.