The Cosmic Chronicle of Inclement Space is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Hetman Dmytro Fournier with a fair hand, and notable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, ban on automobiles, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 2.268 billion Inclement Spacers 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, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Belfast. The average income tax rate is 95.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Inclement Space economy, worth 401 trillion liquid platinums a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 177,020 liquid platinums, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Giggling elementary school newspaper reporters want to know why Hetman Dmytro Fournier is a silly poophead, being Hetman Dmytro Fournier has been voted one of the top ten most dangerous jobs, anti-government political posters adorn every building like wallpaper, and decongestants have replaced liquid platinums in street transactions. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Inclement Space's national animal is the homo veneri, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Islam.

Inclement Space is ranked 7,040^th in the world and 348^th in The North Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 482.9 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.