The Most Serene Republic of Aurborg is a very large, efficient nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-working, cynical population of 129 million Aurborges are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The relatively small, pro-business, well-organized government prioritizes Law & Order, with Healthcare, Defense, and Industry also on the agenda, while Spirituality and International Aid receive no funds. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.1%.

The powerhouse Aurborgian economy, worth 10.7 trillion Dalas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Book Publishing. Average income is 82,703 Dalas, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 381,954 per year while the poor average 10,815, a ratio of 35.3 to 1.

The people are famous throughout the region for their perfect yellow teeth, ghost regiments exist only on paper, there's more vermin than ever on the metro, and any body part that can be cut off a person is no longer considered to be their property. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force. Aurborg's national animal is the Snow Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Aurborg is ranked 30,425^th in the world and 437^th in the West Pacific for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 6,941.49 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.