The Republic of Starlight Quartz is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed population of 2.229 billion Starlight Quartzians 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 medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 66.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Starlight Quartzian economy, worth 255 trillion lotuses a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 114,633 lotuses, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.3 times as much as the poorest.

Atheists refusing to attend church are heavily fined by the government, it's widely agreed that to tennis players love means nothing, young children are learning advanced physics to scientifically disprove the existence of Santa Claus, and eating kids as food has been enshrined in law. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Starlight Quartz's national animal is the moonlark, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Starlight Quartz is ranked 268,303^rd in the world and 3,967^th in eta for Most Cultured, scoring 60 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.