The Republic of Starlight Celestite is a massive, efficient nation, remarkable for its enslaved workforce, state-planned economy, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 2.381 billion Starlight Celestiteans 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, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Administration, and Education also on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 76.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Starlight Celestitean economy, worth 273 trillion lotuses a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is an impressive 114,658 lotuses, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens with artificial limbs are forbidden to serve as beauty pageant judges, arms manufacturing has been put at an arm's length, there's a lot of mouth-breathers about these days, and weather forecasts are accurate but nobody has the bandwidth to view them. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Starlight Celestite's national animal is the moonlark, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Starlight Celestite is ranked 54,144^th in the world and 650^th in eta for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 84.42 on the Bus Surprisal Index.