The Taking A Break from NS of Earth Orbit is a massive, safe nation, ruled by James Haywood with an even hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, anti-smoking policies, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 1.918 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 Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Orbis Alpha-1. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 10.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Orbitian economy, worth 205 trillion credits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 107,338 credits, with the richest citizens earning 9.7 times as much as the poorest.

Several inches are being added to first class seating, the government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one, James Haywood has just been declared ruler of Earth Orbit in an international press conference, and one year's corporation tax from three international megacorporations has funded one dozen shiny black pencils for James Haywood's office. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Earth Orbit's national animal is the tardigrade.

Earth Orbit is ranked 46,765^th in the world and 2,004^th in the South Pacific for Lowest Overall Tax Burden, scoring 97.05 on the Hayek Index.