The Federation of Astronomis is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Alex Ridley with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, national health service, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate population of 12.938 billion Astronomisians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Seattle. The average income tax rate is 87.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Astronomisian economy, worth a remarkable 1,405 trillion Dollars a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 108,643 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The latest national park is visited by more sharks than people, the government recently donated a surfboard to an impoverished family in a landlocked region, you're never too young to learn how to lie with confidence, and bad punctuation has come to a full stop. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Astronomis's national animal is the Axolotl, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Astronomis is ranked 11,967^th in the world and 271^st in the Rejected Realms for Highest Food Quality, scoring 149.14 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.