The Republic of Starlight Mars is a massive, efficient nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, public floggings, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, humorless, devout population of 2.278 billion Starlight Marsians 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, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 36.9%.

The all-consuming Starlight Marsian economy, worth 237 trillion lotuses a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 104,370 lotuses, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.8 times as much as the poorest.

People who have lived their entire lives in Starlight Mars are shocked to discover that they are not citizens, CEOs can't hear the term 'Fire Sale' without bursting into tears, the nation's soldiers often believe they're in the Air Force, and traffic cops are puzzled to see that nobody exceeds the speed limits. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Starlight Mars's national animal is the moonlark, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Starlight Mars is ranked 113,262^nd in the world and 1,182^nd in eta for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 1,266.09 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.