The Republic of The Orion Islands is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by President Bennett Arthur with a fair hand, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, anti-smoking policies, and triple-decker prams. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 13.445 billion Orionites enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Union City. The average income tax rate is 8.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Orionite economy, worth a remarkable 3,141 trillion Orionite Pounds a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is an amazing 233,665 Orionite Pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

The Orion Islands Barrier Island residents anxiously await their 'Bridge to Somewhere', politicians spend more time in courtrooms than in Parliament, the Orionite Arts Council pays teenagers to sit through opera performances, and the government is funding experimental battery technology while the power grid continues to crumble. Crime is totally unknown. The Orion Islands's national animal is the Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Christianity.

The Orion Islands is ranked 7,214^th in the world and 17^th in Catholic for Most Influential, scoring 8,936 on the Soft Power Disbursement Rating.