The Space Federation of Sirius 2b is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Lady Bellegarde with an even hand, and remarkable for its state-planned economy, daily referendums, and ubiquitous missile silos. The compassionate, cheerful population of 4.771 billion Sirians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

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 91.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Sirian economy, worth 735 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 Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 154,227 Space Coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The 'sing-a-long with Lady Bellegarde' album is a popular souvenir, the government helps teach children how to kill a man from six paces, no one is worried about government policies any more, and feuilletons can only be deciphered with a Galliennais dictionary. Crime is totally unknown. Sirius 2b's national animal is the Crow, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Lunacy.

Sirius 2b is ranked 257,693^rd in the world and 1,248^th in Europe for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring -4.9 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.