The United States of New Orion Nebula is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Rigel Mintaka with an iron fist, and remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 29.221 billion New Orion Nebulans are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Education, and Industry also on the agenda, while Welfare and Environment aren't funded at all. The average income tax rate is 47.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong New Orion Nebulan economy, worth a remarkable 1,882 trillion warbucks a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Black market activity is notable. Average income is 64,420 warbucks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

A large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, suppression of pro-democracy protests is a daily occurrence, almost all of New Orion Nebula's water is piped into the country from abroad for exorbitant prices, and the government's official stance on religion is that it is so very silly. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Orion Nebula's national animal is the meercat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

New Orion Nebula is ranked 118,088^th in the world and 8^th in New Jersey for Lowest Crime Rates, with 63.91 law-abiding acts per hour.