The Dimly Lit Dreams of Starlight Taurus is a colossal, orderly nation, notable for its parental licensing program, frequent executions, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 3.831 billion Starlight Taurusians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 69.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Starlight Taurusian economy, worth 481 trillion kronor 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 black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. 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 125,662 kronor, with the richest citizens earning 5.5 times as much as the poorest.

A PhD just ain't what it used to be, raccoons are plump and satiated, the government considers it a sacred duty to video bikini-clad beach swimmers, and the police strictly enforce off-limit zones for tourists. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Starlight Taurus's national animal is the unicorn, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Starlight Taurus is ranked 216,812^th in the world and 10^th in Retrocomputers for Nicest Citizens, with 11.33 average smiles per day.