The Democratic Republic of Auflack is a small, genial nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 36 million Auflackians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 60.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The struggling Auflackian economy, worth 710 billion Dings a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 19,742 Dings, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Cutting-edge missile systems are being retrofitted to twin-prop air force biplanes, Auflackian tourists are encouraged to hand out spare condoms to locals while on vacation, the nation's beloved 'good-natured doormat' is inundated by begging letters, and there's a shortage of swinging hot spots as land development grinds to a halt. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Auflack's national animal is the Jackrabbit, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Auflack is ranked 239,190^th in the world and 5,260^th in The North Pacific for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring -5.8 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.