The Adventure of The Space Odyssey is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Space Commander with an even hand, and renowned for its enslaved workforce, compulsory military service, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 2.716 billion Astronauts are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Spirituality, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Command Station. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 47.5%.

The large but inefficient Astronaut economy, worth 137 trillion Credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Tourism. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 50,699 Credits, with the richest citizens earning 6.6 times as much as the poorest.

Astronaut watches list strained wrists as a common side effect, a baby's first breath is also a baby's first felony, helicopter parenting is on the rise, and nine-year-olds are discovering that they can grow gardens in real life too. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Space Odyssey's national animal is the Astronaut, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Spacefarian.

The Space Odyssey is ranked 184,454^th in the world and 11^th in SPACE for Largest Populations, with 2.72 billion capita.