The Democratic Republic of Aurn Atla Lars is a mammoth, efficient nation, remarkable for its infamous sell-swords, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 5.091 billion Aurn Atla Larsians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Larsia. The average income tax rate is 92.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Aurn Atla Larsian economy, worth 753 trillion Credits a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 148,035 Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A law degree is required before telling people not to drink and drive, the police have been known to wiretap confessional boxes, doctors prescribe medicines but they rarely dispense hope or compassion, and armed war-criminals gain asylum if deemed 'fabulous' enough. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aurn Atla Lars's national animal is the Tribble, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Aurn Atla Lars is ranked 7,332^nd in the world and 117^th in the West Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 131 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.