The Space Federation of Sirius 2B is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Lady Bellegarde with an iron fist, and notable for its rum-swilling pirates, complete lack of prisons, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful population of 5.726 billion Sirians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Terminus Alpha. The average income tax rate is 95.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Sirian economy, worth 987 trillion Boonbucks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 172,456 Boonbucks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Debating the meaning of life is widely viewed as a crucifying experience, environmentalists have found an unusual ally in soldiers of fortune, wars of expansion are described as "peacekeeping operations", and noises louder than a whisper have been prohibited by law. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Sirius 2B's national animal is the crow, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Juggaloism.

Sirius 2B is ranked 17,343^rd in the world and 44^th in Starlight for Highest Average Incomes, with 172,456.82 Standard Monetary Units.