The Dawn Fleet of Excidium Planetis is a titanic, socially progressive nation, ruled by Radiant Dawn with a fair hand, and renowned for its compulsory military service, parental licensing program, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 18.59 billion Excidians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The medium-sized, corrupt, liberal, socially-minded government prioritizes Defense, although Education, Administration, and Industry are also considered important, while Spirituality and Welfare aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Homeship Reckoner. The average income tax rate is 91.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Excidian economy, worth a remarkable 4,315 trillion ϵρ Excidian Credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an amazing 232,164 ϵρ Excidian Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The ruling party has a devil of a time keeping order in the ranks, electricity company executives pray nightly to Zeus and Thor, pre-takeoff checks last longer than the flights themselves, and left-wing militias train children how to properly burn down banks. Crime is totally unknown. Excidium Planetis's national animal is the Robotic Dog, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Excidium Planetis is ranked 35,442^nd in the world and 101^st in Starlight for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 2,433.24 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.