The United Grand Federation of Auspen is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Federal government board of commissioner with an even hand, and renowned for its deadly medical pandemics, complete lack of prisons, and vat-grown people. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 4.266 billion Ausnians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small, corrupt, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Geopeltra. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 13.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Auspenian economy, worth 672 trillion Vittoes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an impressive 157,582 Vittoes, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 745,913 per year while the poor average 19,686, a ratio of 37.9 to 1.

Officials pull all-nighters to check immigrants for potential links to terrorists, euthanasia is legal, student exchange programs are in trouble as everyone wants to leave but no-one wants to come, and whipping posts and lashes have been transferred to the Historical Museum of Auspenian Embarrassments. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low. Auspen's national animal is the Eastern Eagle King and Church Dove, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Helanstin.

Auspen is ranked 24,496^th in the world and 54^th in Commonwealth of Liberty for Highest Food Quality, scoring 101.52 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.