The 540km Long Colony Ship of S-14 is a gargantuan, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, keen interest in outer space, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, democratic, humorless population of 44.878 billion panNorm 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 enormous, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Alpha Hive. The average income tax rate is 90.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The panNorm economy, worth a remarkable 3,558 trillion resources 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 led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 79,301 resources, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Cars are banned from built-up areas, the people are famous throughout the region for their bleached-white teeth, every workday begins with group therapy, and unpopular cops are fired at a moment's notice by the citizens they police. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. S-14's national animal is the non-norm, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

S-14 is ranked 68,605^th in the world and 1^st in Venus for Most Patriotic, with 20.51 flags saluted per person per day.