The Protectorate of Starphellian is a huge, cultured nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, ban on automobiles, and ubiquitous missile silos. The devout population of 768 million Starphellianians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Spirituality, and Education. The average income tax rate is 55.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Starphellianian economy, worth 40.8 trillion Shineses a year, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 53,132 Shineses, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Children dream of becoming physicians and physicists, flipping a coin to make a decision leads to a referral to Gambling Addiction Services, studio executives abandon tragic stories of star-crossed lovers because "it's been done", and tech-mad citizens think that the laser-powered bread-slicer uPhone App is the coolest thing since sliced bread. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Starphellian's national animal is the Space Belluga, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Starphellian is ranked 283,802^nd in the world and 537^th in Horizon for Most Corrupt Governments, with 0.72 kickbacks per hour.