The Galactic Hub Federation of Orado is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Telzey Amberdon with an even hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 4.971 billion Oradoans enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The large, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pehanron College. The average income tax rate is 98.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Oradoan economy, worth a remarkable 1,080 trillion credits a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Soda Sales. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 217,287 credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Election results are often delayed for weeks to count the expat votes, mothers are routinely abandoning their children in the name of women's rights, road rage is rarer but more terminal now that many people drive fully-operational battle tanks to work, and thieves find battery shops juicier targets than banks. Crime is totally unknown. Orado's national animal is the crest cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Orado is ranked 3,161^st in the world and 199^th in The North Pacific for Most Developed, scoring 96.35 on the Human Development Index.