The Colony of Cygnus 123 is a mammoth, genial nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, parental licensing program, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-working, cynical population of 6.126 billion Cygnus 123ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Administration, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 24.8%.

The Cygnus 123ian economy, worth 296 trillion stardusts a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Soda Sales, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 48,438 stardusts, with the richest citizens earning 6.3 times as much as the poorest.

Singles on the dating scene no longer worry about looking their age, the new national mascot has to be wheeled onto the field of play, male friends are often accompanied by a female relative in order to prove their 'straightness', and soldiers on first dates introduce themselves only by their ranks and serial numbers. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cygnus 123's national animal is the nebulae, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Cygnus 123 is ranked 106,357^th in the world and 5,508^th in Lazarus for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 11,063.54 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.