The Most Serene Republic of Aubenas is a tiny, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, frequent executions, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-working, cynical population of 18 million Aubenasians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Defense, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 26.1%.

The strong Aubenasian economy, worth 1.15 trillion Francs a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Woodchip Exports, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 63,851 Francs, with the richest citizens earning 7.1 times as much as the poorest.

Surveillance cameras are banned, organ donation is compulsory, it is illegal to make racist remarks in public, and the death penalty has been reintroduced. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aubenas's national animal is the Eagle, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Aubenas is ranked 326,422^nd in the world and 70^th in Sparkalia for Largest Black Market, with 1.00 billion Standard Monetary Units.