The Democratic Republic of Starlight Iris is a massive, genial nation, renowned for its enslaved workforce, free-roaming dinosaurs, and pith helmet sales. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 2.483 billion Starlight Irisians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 53.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Starlight Irisian economy, worth 291 trillion lotuses a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, and Tourism. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 117,352 lotuses, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 465,465 per year while the poor average 19,980, a ratio of 23.3 to 1.

Couples kissing on the street are detained for 'unlawful exchange of genetic material', ancestry test results arrive bundled with patent applications, livestock mutilations are on the rise, and ships are encouraged to deliberately run aground onto Starlight Irisian beaches. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Starlight Iris's national animal is the moonlark, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Starlight Iris is ranked 270,420^th in the world and 9^th in Royal Great Britain for Least Corrupt Governments, with 79.39 percentage of bribes refused.