The Federation of Astronomis is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Alex Ridley with an even hand, and notable for its complete lack of prisons, anti-smoking policies, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate population of 12.859 billion Astronomisians 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 Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Seattle. The average income tax rate is 86.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Astronomisian economy, worth a remarkable 1,406 trillion Dollars a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 109,359 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Trade policy consists of ganging up on the new guy, the latest national park is visited by more sharks than people, the government recently donated a surfboard to an impoverished family in a landlocked region, and you're never too young to learn how to lie with confidence. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Astronomis's national animal is the Axolotl, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Astronomis is ranked 34,033^rd in the world and 897^th in the Rejected Realms for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 5,270.45 on the Gilded Widget Scale.