The Great Communist Republic of Ausamerica is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by The Communist Party of Ausamerica with an even hand, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, ubiquitous missile silos, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed population of 3.251 billion Ausamericans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The City Of Melbney. The average income tax rate is 77.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Ausamerican economy, worth 336 trillion Ausamerican dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized black market in Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Retail. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 103,586 Ausamerican dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

National surveys report that bellies are getting fuller while heads are getting emptier, election results are often delayed for weeks to count the expat votes, on hunt days the unpleasant peasant runs in lieu of the pheasant, and The Communist Party of Ausamerica's personal home is one of Balder's most notorious party destinations. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ausamerica's national animal is the kangaroo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Secularism.

Ausamerica is ranked 104,229^th in the world and 5,359^th in Balder for Lowest Crime Rates, with 65.44 law-abiding acts per hour.