The Republic of Aelurus is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its anti-smoking policies, restrictive gun laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, devout population of 599 million Aelurusians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 68.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Aelurusian economy, worth 21.0 trillion pesos a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Tourism. Average income is 35,056 pesos, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Criminals always seem to be forewarned of police raids, bored politicians often entertain themselves with games of Simon during important votes, programmers often reinvent the wheel, and sex changes are routinely performed at Aelurus's hospitals. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aelurus's national animal is the squirrel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Aelurus is ranked 57,110^th in the world and 176^th in Refugia for Lowest Crime Rates, with 72.52 law-abiding acts per hour.