The Universal Systems of Astronomical is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Skyren Nebulae with a fair hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, keen interest in outer space, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 6.015 billion Astronomicalians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Orion Supercluster. The average income tax rate is 75.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Astronomicalian economy, worth 684 trillion Quasars a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 113,736 Quasars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Five-year-olds who refuse to line up on command get gold stars, school teachers check the staff room for hidden webcams before complaining about rebellious students, shanty towns have formed around the newly rebuilt commercial district, and all work and no play makes parties very dull. Crime is totally unknown. Astronomical's national animal is the Ursa Major, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Hypernovae.

Astronomical is ranked 19,152^nd in the world and 472^nd in The North Pacific for Most Stationary, with 1,019.47318781452 Days.