The United Socialist States of Aupore is a large, socially progressive nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 131 million Auporeans 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 Welfare, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 75.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Auporean economy, worth 2.83 trillion Aupoes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Information Technology. Average income is 21,591 Aupoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

NPCs in MMORPGs regularly interrupt cutscenes with OOC reminders that they aren't real people, getting an abortion takes less hassle than writing a letter, candidates make campaign speeches at the funerals of former rivals, and the nation has nearly as many history museums as Auporeans. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aupore's national animal is the Ant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Aupore is ranked 93,984^th in the world and 546^th in The Leftist Assembly for Least Corrupt Governments, with 93.51 percentage of bribes refused.