The United Socialist States of Aupore is a small, genial nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 45 million Auporeans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 74.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Auporean economy, worth 1.02 trillion Aupoes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Tourism. Average income is 22,663 Aupoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Maximum security fish farms leave caged salmon pining for the fjords, jabbing a baby's bottle at officials gets parents waved straight through immigration, translators have been hired to deal with the varying regional accents during national political debates, and the amount welfare recipients spend on fertilizer has exploded. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aupore's national animal is the Ant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Aupore is ranked 241,833^rd in the world and 362^nd in The Leftist Assembly for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 28.75 on the Bus Surprisal Index.