The Armed Republic of Starship Xanthippe is a colossal, pleasant nation, notable for its closed borders, frequent executions, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 2.736 billion Starship Xanthippeans are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, moralistic government prioritizes Defense, with Education, Law & Order, and Welfare also on the agenda, while International Aid receives no funds. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 23.3%.

The Starship Xanthippean economy, worth 124 trillion forks a year, is led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Pizza Delivery, Arms Manufacturing, and Gambling. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 45,535 forks, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 138,862 per year while the poor average 11,581, a ratio of 12.0 to 1.

Lobotomies haven't been the same after the practice was severed, building a phallus out of Minecraft blocks counts as indecent exposure, citizens are encouraged to report friends, family members or co-workers who seem depressed to the government for "counselling", and war vets look after war animals. Crime is moderate, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Starship Xanthippe's national animal is the Militarized Penguin.

Starship Xanthippe is ranked 13,925^th in the world and 83^rd in eta for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring 5,549.62 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.