The Federation of Laniakea and Primaliya is a huge, genial nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, smutty television, and national health service. The compassionate, democratic population of 598 million Lannies are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Setekoye Federal City. The average income tax rate is 66.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Laniākean economy, worth 46.3 trillion Solars a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 77,469 Solars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Primetime re-runs of The Black and White Minstrel Show are a critical hit, they say that Lannies made a dessert and called it peace, the government has officially clarified that "wee on your hands to save time" does not count as proper hygiene, and refugees from other nations are flocking to Laniakea and Primaliya's border. Crime is totally unknown. Laniakea and Primaliya's national animal is the crow, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Laniakea and Primaliya is ranked 21,463^rd in the world and 512^th in the South Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 269.15 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.