The Censor of Magna Aurea is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Consul Aurea CXXVI with an iron fist, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, infamous sell-swords, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 3.801 billion Aureans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Spirituality, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Aurea. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 55.6%.

The Aurean economy, worth 158 trillion Crescents a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving and Tourism. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 41,583 Crescents, with the richest citizens earning 7.6 times as much as the poorest.

Lavish state dinners in Aurea are the state's leading budgetary expenditure, governments opposing Magna Aurea are beset by rebels, a large concrete wall is being built around the country's borders, and the nation has nearly as many history museums as Aureans. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Magna Aurea's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Mos Maiorum.

Magna Aurea is ranked 280,517^th in the world and 153^rd in Magna Aurea for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -11.4 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.