The Armed Republic of The Great Attractor is a mammoth, safe nation, notable for its state-planned economy, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The cynical population of 6.381 billion Great Attractorians are proud of their wide-ranging civil freedoms, and those who aren't tend to be dragged off the streets by men in dark suits and hustled into cars with tinted windows.

The medium-sized, liberal, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Great Singularity. The average income tax rate is 29.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Great Attractorian economy, worth 316 trillion Star Dusts a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 49,603 Star Dusts, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Meetings involving club finances are frequently broken up by men in black suits, a punitive tax has been placed on harmful emissions, visions of giant pink Crystalline Entities are a common side effect after Great Attractorians eat their meals, and Mr Happy's Funland has just been named The Great Attractor's new capital. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Great Attractor's national animal is the Crystalline Entity, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

The Great Attractor is ranked 119,469^th in the world and 12^th in An Island In Space for Largest Populations, with 6.38 billion capita.