The Space Federation of Sirius 2b is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Lady Bellegarde with an even hand, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, absence of drug laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.477 billion Sirians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, socially-minded 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 90.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Sirian economy, worth 528 trillion Space Coins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 152,002 Space Coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Schoolboys who turn to watch pretty girls go by are given detention, too many hyper-intelligent chefs can spoil the allegorical broth, East Lebatuckese astronauts' favorite game during downtime on the Multinational Space Station is 'I Spy', and the carbon footprint falls along with the human footprint during war. Crime 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 Lunacy.

Sirius 2b is ranked 10,379^th in the world and 301^st in The Communist Bloc for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 10,989.81 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.