The Most Serene Republic of Federalist Twilight is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Her Most Serene Highness Princess Ripley with an even hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, public floggings, and daily referendums. The hard-nosed, devout population of 19.397 billion Federalist Twilightians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, liberal morass — juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Environment, and Education. The average income tax rate is 73.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Federalist Twilightian economy, worth a remarkable 1,084 trillion Doubloons a year, is extremely specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 55,914 Doubloons, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The "Underwear of Women in Power" issue of The Federalist Twilight City Times is sold out, foreign livestock are offered asylum, the Federalist Twilight City Film Festival recently voted 'Federalist Twilightian Getting Hit By Football' as best film, and a suspicious number of male students have joined the Ladies' Wrestling League. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Federalist Twilight's national animal is the Iguana, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Federalist Twilight is ranked 239,314^th in the world and 1^st in Nostromo for Most Corrupt Governments, with 0.8 kickbacks per hour.