The Republic of Starlight Peridot is a massive, orderly nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, soft-spoken computers, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 2.283 billion Starlight Peridotians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 67.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Starlight Peridotian economy, worth 261 trillion lotuses a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Tourism, and Woodchip Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 114,394 lotuses, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 447,541 per year while the poor average 19,919, a ratio of 22.5 to 1.

Hordes of unemployed lumberjacks have resorted to cutting down utility poles to satisfy their cravings, understaffed slavers offer highballs when asked to 'pass the screwdriver' during household maintenance, middle-aged metal fans quite enjoy being called "rebellious youths" by even older politicians, and elementary school children develop thousand-yard stares. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Starlight Peridot's national animal is the moonlark, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Starlight Peridot is ranked 273,081^st in the world and 4,162^nd in eta for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -7.14 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.