The Democratic Republic of Ausenette is a large, socially progressive nation, notable for its punitive income tax rates. The democratic, devout population of 134 million Ausenetteans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 62.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Ausenettean economy, worth 3.90 trillion dollars a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 29,069 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Leader is strangely popular with male politicians' wives, people with dyslexia are told to tough through it, high school boys are required to pass vigorous self-mastery and sensitivity training to graduate, and students do more community service than homework. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ausenette's national animal is the Snow leopard, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ausenette is ranked 310,432^nd in the world and 18^th in A Short Walk to Utopia for Highest Average Incomes, with 29,069.55 Standard Monetary Units.