The Enlightened Stellar Imperium of The Constellation is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Enlightened Emperor Fintat Vox with an iron fist, and notable for its pith helmet sales, punitive income tax rates, and labour-free parental leave. The compassionate, cynical, humorless population of 3.569 billion citizens are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Haentre Ecumenopolis. The average income tax rate is 78.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Stellar economy, worth 543 trillion Ratiums a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 152,309 Ratiums, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Weighted heels are added to military boots to ensure diminutive celebrities meet minimum requirements, citizens sell their moldy bread as homemade penicillin, prime picnicking sites are being paved over in the name of progress, and the jackhammer is considered a tool of artistic criticism. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Constellation's national animal is the Owl, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

The Constellation is ranked 40,074^th in the world and 2^nd in The Great Universe for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 2,265.5 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.