The Federation of The Pleiads is a huge, socially progressive nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 779 million Pleiadsians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nova Alma. The average income tax rate is 75.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Pleiadsian economy, worth 61.2 trillion Royals a year, is highly specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 78,599 Royals, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Construction of the Really Big Hadron Collider is underway, anti-government political posters adorn every building like wallpaper, one tree's worth of paperwork accompanies each imported log of timber, and newlywed misogynists complain about their wives keeping their maiden names. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Pleiads's national animal is the Scylla, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Pleiads is ranked 118,898^th in the world and 4,981^st in The North Pacific for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring 1,293.18 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.