The Empire of Stardust Illumination is a colossal, pleasant nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 2.513 billion Stardust Illuminationians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 16.3%.

The Stardust Illuminationian economy, worth 125 trillion Duckcoins a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Arms Manufacturing, and Information Technology. Average income is 49,766 Duckcoins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.1 times as much as the poorest.

Foreign policy is mostly just to smile and hope for the best, there has been a rapid increase of noise complaints over the sound of buzzing bees, one does not simply walk into the tundra, and radio stations are forbidden to play anything with too much drum or bass. Crime is moderate. Stardust Illumination's national animal is the Duck, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Stardust Illumination is ranked 195,727^th in the world and 3^rd in fluffy squishfish for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 299.2 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.