The Station of Ceres is a mammoth, safe nation, ruled by Legate Anderson Dawes with a fair hand, and notable for its frequent executions, public floggings, and irreverence towards religion. The democratic population of 9.026 billion Ceresians 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, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ceres Station. The average income tax rate is 19.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Ceresian economy, worth 357 trillion denaris a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 39,615 denaris, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Delivery truck companies use hospital parking lots to store 16-wheelers, forgetting to pay your annual passport bill is a leading cause of deportations, translators have been hired to deal with the varying regional accents during national political debates, and the installation of street lights across remote goat tracks has left citizens bemused. Crime is totally unknown. Ceres's national animal is the eagle and its national religion is Tellurism.

Ceres is ranked 240,062^nd in the world and 38^th in The Local Cluster for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -5.39 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.