The Colony of Pluto-Charon Binary Planetoid is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Tommy Tomorrow with an iron fist, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, compulsory military service, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 7.774 billion Pluto-Charon Binary Planetoidians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The relatively small, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Education, Law & Order, and Administration are also considered important, while Spirituality and International Aid receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Colony Supply Base. The average income tax rate is 15.1%.

The very strong Pluto-Charon Binary Planetoidian economy, worth 575 trillion Regoliths a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. Average income is 74,018 Regoliths, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.8 times as much as the poorest.

Press conferences always end with standing ovations and rapturous applause, religious organizations are being forced to leave the country or pay income taxes like everybody else, prime commercial land is being swamped with archaeological teams, and saying that someone looks a bit pale can be construed as hate speech. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pluto-Charon Binary Planetoid's national animal is the Face Mite, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Panspermia.

Pluto-Charon Binary Planetoid is ranked 98,092^nd in the world and 8^th in An Island In Space for Most Developed, scoring 61.9 on the Human Development Index.