The Federation of Outer Planets is a large, efficient nation, remarkable for its digital currency, irreverence towards religion, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 117 million Outies live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The tiny, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.2%.

The thriving Outie economy, worth 11.1 trillion unicoins a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 94,755 unicoins, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 517,587 per year while the poor average 8,874, a ratio of 58.3 to 1.

The nation's official head of religious affairs is an atheist, more than one company makes the board game Monopoly, the government advises foreign diplomats to speak softly and carry a big bag of cash, and Outer Planets City's main city thoroughfare has been blocked by a row of leyland cypresses that mysteriously appeared overnight. Crime, especially youth-related, is a major problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Outer Planets's national animal is the Striped autaka, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Outer Planets is ranked 81,871^st in the world and 677^th in the West Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 2,798.37 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.