The Aurelian Empire of Aurrelius is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its fear of technology, ubiquitous missile silos, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 8.003 billion Aurelians 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 enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Aurelia. The average income tax rate is 63.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Aurreliusian economy, worth 95.4 trillion aurs 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, quite specialized black market in Cheese Exports, Arms Manufacturing, Soda Sales, and Retail. 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 11,922 aurs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The hardest thing for a mining operation to dig through is government red tape, the military is recruiting war criminals to join its weapons research teams, the government enforces a policy of 'from each according to their ability, to each according to the available budget', and the recent ban on computers is causing havoc throughout the nation. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aurrelius's national animal is the eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Aurrelius is ranked 199,378^th in the world and 1^st in Aurrelius for Most Patriotic, with 6.81 flags saluted per person per day.