The Armed Republic of Auztraloupe is a huge, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its punitive income tax rates, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 444 million Auztralans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Healthcare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Sydney. The average income tax rate is 51.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Auztralan economy, worth 17.5 trillion Dollars a year, is led by the Furniture Restoration industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Pizza Delivery, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 39,335 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Roads are often attended by round-the-clock construction crews, broken suspension systems are giving auto repair shops plenty of business, corporations donate huge sums of money to favored politicians, and traffic cops are puzzled to see that nobody exceeds the speed limits. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Auztraloupe's national animal is the Kangaroo.

Auztraloupe is ranked 20,744^th in the world and 793^rd in The North Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 53.38 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.