The Space Federation of Sirius 2B is a mammoth, safe nation, ruled by Lady Bellegarde with an iron fist, and notable for its rum-swilling pirates, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful population of 5.712 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 95.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Sirian economy, worth 984 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 172,297 Boonbucks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Anything is permissible when wearing latex gloves, ships no longer sail as no one wants to encounter Sirian pirates, they say that Sirians made a dessert and called it peace, and passive-aggressive congratulations cards inform mums-to-be that their pregnancy is their greatest achievement in life. 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 177,171^st in the world and 343^rd in Starlight for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 124.96 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.