The Confederal Directorate of Aura Banitia is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Chancellor Rurik Lagoda with a fair hand, and renowned for its anti-smoking policies, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 4.931 billion Banitians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Auralaide. The average income tax rate is 97.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Banitian economy, worth 954 trillion Credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 193,617 Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Napalm is the tool of choice for disabling eco-unfriendly forestry operations, the legalization of meat has skewered the sales of vegetarian substitutes, UFO sightings are listed daily in the morning news, and citizens are deployed to barren deserts to protect small territorial claims. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aura Banitia's national animal is the Hooded Crow, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Phaetism.

Aura Banitia is ranked 49,930^th in the world and 230^th in Europe for Highest Drug Use, scoring 95.8 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.