The moon Ignatia is the principal world of the Procyon system and is a member of the Sirius Trade Federation. The world is administered by several of the Sirius Trade Federation Corporations, notabley Sirius Corporation, Hades Mining Corporation, Oberon Industrial and Sirius Defence Industries.

The Sirius Trade Federation is effectively a trading cartel. All corporations with rated assetts above a limit deternined periodically by the Federation Board are entitled to a seat on the Federation Board. The very largest corporations are entitled to an additional two to three members depending on size.

As is normal in the Sirius Trade Federation the corporations are responsible for everything within their territories and the worlds civil population has no direct representation, this being limited to major shareholders of the corporations. Ignatia is considered to be a division of each corporation which operates there and has no direct representation on the Federation Board.