The Democratic Republic of Aurialus is a small, genial nation, renowned for its burgeoning coqui population. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 29 million Aurialusians 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 relatively small, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Spirituality, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 19.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Aurialusian economy, worth 1.31 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 45,066 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Cutting-edge missile systems are being retrofitted to twin-prop air force biplanes, the government is a clear-cut case of tyranny by majority, gambling is outlawed, and marijuana is legal in the privacy of your own home. Crime is totally unknown. Aurialus's national animal is the coqui, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Aurialus is ranked 113,538^th in the world and 1^st in Lasagna for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 10,506.86 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.