The Taking A Break from NS of Earth Orbit is a massive, safe nation, ruled by James Haywood with an even hand, and remarkable for its digital currency, rampant corporate plagiarism, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 2.635 billion Orbiters are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Orbis Alpha-1. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 11.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Orbitian economy, worth 279 trillion credits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 105,994 credits, with the richest citizens earning 9.5 times as much as the poorest.

There have been sightings of people walking around dressed in nothing but leopard-skin g-strings for 'religious reasons', crime suspects are forced to submit to blood testing, unemployed political consultants and advertisers spend every election night weeping for the good old days, and the youth vote is only counted when kindergarten teachers ask who drew the best picture. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Earth Orbit's national animal is the tardigrade.

Earth Orbit is ranked 43,880^th in the world and 1,121^st in the South Pacific for Greatest Rich-Poor Divides, with 9.47 Rich To Poor Income Ratio.