The Allied States of Irenea is a large, efficient nation, notable for its burgeoning Aster population. The hard-working population of 192 million Ireneans are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The medium-sized, moralistic, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Welfare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 21.5%.

The very strong Irenean economy, worth 8.69 trillion Asters a year, is quite specialized and led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. Average income is 45,281 Asters, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 138,326 per year while the poor average 11,489, a ratio of 12.0 to 1.

Crime is moderate, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Irenea's national animal is the Aster, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Irenea is ranked 209,020^th in the world and 17^th in Asteroid Belt for Nicest Citizens, with 12 average smiles per day.