The Consulate of Spaceania is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Federal Council with a fair hand, and renowned for its pith helmet sales, sprawling nuclear power plants, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-working, democratic population of 13.224 billion Spaceanians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Spaceania. The average income tax rate is 68.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Spaceanian economy, worth a remarkable 1,602 trillion Lunar dollars a year, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 121,173 Lunar dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Children spend all morning taking out a comma and all afternoon putting it back in again, the latest guided missile cruiser "Ship-1642" has received precisely zero column inches in the press, the state considers itself the 'third parent' of every child in the nation, and the government is promoting multicultural values with the new 'Just Be Nice, OK?' initiative. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Spaceania's national animal is the Tardigrade, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Spaceania is ranked 190,163^rd in the world and 2^nd in Union of Liberal Nations for Most Corrupt Governments, with 1.85 kickbacks per hour.