The Republic of Starlight Emerald is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its daily referendums, lack of airports, and public floggings. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 1.964 billion Starlight Emeraldians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 66.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Starlight Emeraldian economy, worth 165 trillion lotuses a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 84,159 lotuses, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Teenagers are told they're not thinking about sex enough, it's considered a civil right to be allowed to neglect and mistreat your own children, major corporations receive tax breaks for no apparent reason, and executions often take hours as amateurs attempt to find veins. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Starlight Emerald's national animal is the moonlark, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Starlight Emerald is ranked 99,340^th in the world and 2^nd in Ashroxem for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 274.65 on the Clooney Contribution Index.