The Republic of Australostan is a massive, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 1.479 billion Australostanians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 9.7%.

The strong Australostanian economy, worth 78.4 trillion dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 53,000 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.5 times as much as the poorest.

Withdrawal of support for drug addicts is leaving many with cold sweats, minority children spend hours bussing to schools miles away from home, it is against the rules of boxing to hit above or below the belt, and the sun rises an hour later on border communities. Crime is almost non-existent. Australostan's national animal is the swan, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Australostan is ranked 126,157^th in the world and 3^rd in Aivatkhan Realm for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring zero on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.