The Colony of Orion Republic is a titanic, socially progressive nation, ruled by Dominar with a fair hand, and renowned for its frequent executions, compulsory gun ownership, and suspicion of poets. The democratic population of 12.991 billion Orions love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Orionis. The average income tax rate is 21.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Orion Republician economy, worth 237 trillion Dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 18,286 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Many marriages go virtually unconsummated, 'A is for Annulment' is a popular children's song, picnickers are lucky if a few wasps are the only animals that trouble them, and the government pours millions of Dollars into rehabilitation programs annually. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Orion Republic's national animal is the Bantha, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Benduism.

Orion Republic is ranked 221,291^st in the world and 7^th in Galactic Imperium for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 280.06 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.