The Wandering Probe of Voyager Number 1 is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by The Little Prince with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and anti-smoking policies. The compassionate, cheerful, devout population of 1.581 billion Starsailers enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Heliosphere. The average income tax rate is 91.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Voyager Number 1ian economy, worth 221 trillion Circuits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 140,145 Circuits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Major cities shut down as their local sports team takes to the field every day, trails to natural wonders are littered with trash from reality film crews, any citizen who cries is immediately assigned a psychiatrist, and foreign casinos have trouble paying fans who bet on the triumph of the Heliosphere Temperamental Roses against long odds. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Voyager Number 1's national animal is the Temperamental Rose, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is The Golden Records.

Voyager Number 1 is ranked 149,564^th in the world and 118^th in Refugia for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 446.93 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.