Earth Station is the first in a series of books. Jake is a self made trillionaire that doesn't like the way things are going on earth. He is determined to allow mankind to reach its full potential. To that end, he creates a new country, devoted to the betterment of mankind without all the hindrances of the bureaucracy of earth's governments. Jake, quickly surrounds himself with some of the best minds the earth has to offer and creates a country that is years ahead of any of the others on earth.