The Dawn Fleet of Excidium Planetis is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Radiant Dawn with a fair hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, frequent executions, and otherworldly petting zoo. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 18.613 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, with Education, Administration, and Industry also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Welfare receive no funds. 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 4,321 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 19,090^th in the world and 25^th in Starlight for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 33,338.02 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.