The Commonwealth of Alpha Centauri Star is a colossal, safe nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The quiet, industrious population of 4.852 billion Alpha Centaurians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Healthcare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Proxima Centauri b. The average income tax rate is 66.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Alpha Centauri Starian economy, worth 90.6 trillion Sols a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Pizza Delivery, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 18,662 Sols, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Alpha Centauri Star has been recently classified as an international menace after 'liberating' several nearby territories, depression sinks in after each election when voters realize they are stuck with these people for years, politicians are often seen attending regional history classes at primary schools within their constituencies, and juries are mostly made up of wealthy busybodies and ex-convicts. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Alpha Centauri Star's national animal is the centaur, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Alpha Centauri Star is ranked 100,032^nd in the world and 4^th in Arusuki for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 33.95 on the Bus Surprisal Index.