The Borderlands of Voyager 1 is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by NASA with an iron fist, and remarkable for its soft-spoken computers, compulsory military service, and digital currency. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 3.743 billion Voyager 1ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The relatively small, moralistic government prioritizes Defense, although Education, Law & Order, and Welfare are also considered important. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of **almost** one light day away. The average income tax rate is 28.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Voyager 1ian economy, worth 314 trillion Golden Records a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Tourism, Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Arms Manufacturing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 84,007 Golden Records, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

It's widely agreed that to tennis players love means nothing, the dish 'poisson avec poison' is only available on the black market, weird kids who eat bugs are breaking the law, and cowboys often wear wolfskin jackets to the saloon. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Voyager 1's national animal is the Satellite, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Voyager 1 is ranked 97,973^rd in the world and 2^nd in Regionate for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 1,990.37 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.