The Interstellar Federation of Technogium is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by the Synedrium with an even hand, and remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful population of 6.743 billion Technogians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nova Astrea. The average income tax rate is 90.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Technogian economy, worth a remarkable 1,230 trillion DELTA tritons a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 182,478 DELTA tritons, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The monarch's main official duty is christening ships, business meetings across the country are interrupted by the sound of squeaking whoopee-cushions, cults that offer eternal life after death to those who follow a self-sacrificing saviour are frowned upon, and the paparazzi publicize Royal scandals with the utmost delight. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Technogium's national animal is the Horse, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Technogium is ranked 7,099^th in the world and 43^rd in Starlight for Nicest Citizens, with 38.16 average smiles per day.