The Republic of Starlight Azalea is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its infamous sell-swords, frequent executions, and parental licensing program. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 2.231 billion Starlight Azaleans 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 large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 59.9%.

The all-consuming Starlight Azalean economy, worth 217 trillion lotuses a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 97,514 lotuses, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.9 times as much as the poorest.

Punk-rockers and girl-bands are united in their loss of fashion statements, courses in how to boil water are popular for formerly microwave-reliant Starlight Azaleans, bureaucrats close new businesses for not complying with the Penguin Packaging Index, and teachers prefer to give 'Maybe, Maybe Not' tests when dealing with sensitive subjects. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Starlight Azalea's national animal is the moonlark, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Starlight Azalea is ranked 62,158^th in the world and 392^nd in eta for Highest Poor Incomes, with 47,221.1 Standard Monetary Units.